stopping excel opening new excel rather than new file opening with existing excel open

[batjl9]

hi all

with excel when i used to have a file open and i downloaded a file on internet and opened that it would open a new workbook on the excel open. now though when i open these files it loads a new excel. is there a setting to change this back?

thanks
gemma

 

[jacobrcotton]

Sounds like you are using Excel 2016 (or 365). Based on this thread, it is no longer an available feature:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...e/7d4c3391-df2c-43ae-9c98-b23a18f52b53?auth=1

I, too, am sad about this.

 

[batjl9]

Thanks for reply. I’m actually using office 2010. I have managed to open in same instance but I have to do the following:

when a a file is downloaded from chrome it is shown in download tab at the bottom of the page. If I double click on the file it opens a new excel instance up. However if I right click on file and click .show in folder, then right click file and click open with, then double click on excel it opens up in same instance, which is what I want.

The problem is it is quite long winded to do. Would there be a way of adjusting the settings so that when I double click on the file once it’s downloaded it will automatically go in to the instance that is open?

 

[admiral100]

Hi,

Try this :

https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/1038825-opening-files-same-window.html