Problem With Excel Launch

[Tom Jensen]

I have been using the same laptop (Windows XP 2002, SP 2) and the same version of Excel (MS Office Excel 2003). Until last week, when I double-clicked on an Excel file, the Excel application launched AND the file itself opened automatically.

Now, when I double-click on any Excel file, ONLY the Excel application opens. I then need to navigate in the Excel "File" menu to find the file I want to open, even though I double-clicked on that file to start.

In MS Word and other applications, this problem does not exist. Only in Excel.

Any ideas how do get back to the original way of opening files in Excel?

All help and suggestions are appreciated.

[glc]

System restore.

[EzyStvy]

See if this helps:

In Microsoft Office Excel 2003 or earlier versions of Excel click Options, on the Tools menu.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Click to clear the Ignore other applications check box, and then click OK.
After you do this, you should be able to open workbooks by double-clicking them in Windows Explorer.


MORE INFORMATION
When you double-click an Excel workbook in Windows Explorer, a dynamic data exchange (DDE) message is sent to Excel, instructing it to open the workbook that you double-clicked.

If the Ignore other applications setting is selected, Excel ignores DDE messages sent to it by other programs. As a result, the DDE message sent to Excel by Windows Explorer is ignored, and Excel does not open the workbook that you double-clicked.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211494/en-us