Unable to open excel file

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greenwoods

Hi.

I have problem openning an excel file from windows explorer or from my
desktop. However, when I open the excel program and open a file
manually(File-Open----) everything works fine.

I get an error message that the file could not be located. I noticed
that it adds .xls to every word separated by space. For example:

My file is in C:/Shared/Folder/test.xls,

it tries to open: C:/Shared.xls then Folder.xls then test.xls

Please help.

Thanks.
 
Hi!

I think the steps below will solve this problem:

1. Exit Excel
2. From the Startmenu, click on Run and enter the command "excel.exe
/unregserver" (without quotation marks)
3. From the Startmenu, click on Run and enter the command "excel.exe
/regserver" (without quotation marks)

Now try again open the workbook.

Best regards

Stefan Hägglund
Microsoft
 
If Stefan's suggestion doesn't work, try this one, too:

Inside excel:
Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)
 
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