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dariuzthepole

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Hi all,

I have recently installed MS Office 2007. Excel itself is running fine, however when I double-click on an Excel file, Excel opens but the file does not. Therefore I have to go to File>Open etc within Excel.

None of the other MS Office applications (Word, PowerPoint etc) do this. I've had a look at my settings and there's nothing obvious I can see.

It's more annoying than anything else. Any help you could give me would be great.
 
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First place to check is Office button>ExcelOptions>Advanced>scroll down until General section and make sure "Ignore other applications that use DDE" is unchecked.
 
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Also check to see if you have any add-ins in one of your XLSTART folders (particularly PDFMaker.xla). If you do, try removing them.
 
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I spend far too much time (according to her indoors anyway) on the internet! :)
 
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mine was not pleased when I got an iPhone. She's already threatened to destroy it.
 
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I have the same problem with Office for XP - I don't know where the Office button is that you are talking about. Did you every get yours to work?
 
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Hi

No Office button in xl2002 (thankfully) - the place to check here is in Tools>Options>General tab and uncheck "Ignore other applications" :-D
 
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