Excel is opening new instances when it shouldn't

  • Thread starter Thread starter Duke Carey
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Duke Carey

A week or so ago I did *something* that has messed with my settings/config.
Now, with Excel ALREADY open, double clicking a file from Windows Explorer
causes a new Excel instance to start. Ditto when opening a mail attachment.

Other Office apps appear to be unaffected.

What's the solution? Anybody? Anybody? Beuhler?
 
In Options make sure "ignore other applications that use DDE" is unchecked.

If no joy with that................

I would suggest you re-register Excel

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.

See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.

In that case Start>Run "C:\yourpath\excel.exe" /regserver(quotes
required)>OK


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
Gord - the DDE option was the issue. Somebody's add-in that I was trying to
test crashed Excel pretty hard. I suspect that was the villain.

Thanks.
 
Good to hear you're sorted out.

Gord

Gord - the DDE option was the issue. Somebody's add-in that I was trying to
test crashed Excel pretty hard. I suspect that was the villain.

Thanks.
 
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