Re: Excell opens with an open file ?

Dave ,
This is a further message from my friend.
Can you make sense of it.
I should say that I found he stores all his data on the same partition as
his programmes in other words his Excel data is shown as a sub set of Excel.
I told him it would be better if his data was stored as a group in a
different partition.
Here is the message
Blair

Thanks for latest e-mail. Will look for information about an 'Application'
window and a 'Work***' window but think I'll have to live with the matter
The two-window problem really is a nuisance rather than a problem.

The main problem is that I cannot consistently open my Excel files by
double-clicking the Folder icons but very often have to resort to opening
them by the 'Internet Explorer' option from the rt/click menu.. This is not
satisfactory because the window does not show the 'Status' bar at the
bottom - which I use quite a bit with quick calculations and was of course
part of my initial window set-up..

Fortunately, however, I have found that if I close the opened I/T window I
can re-instate the file window either by now double-clicking its icon in its
opened Folder or by choosing the 'Microsoft Excel" option this time from the
rt/click menu - and the file window is brought up complete with 'Status
bar.

Not satisfactory but am pleased to accept the method as a workable one.

Bob






"Dave Peterson" <petersod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42FB3C76.C59B37D7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> If your friend is seeing two x's in the top right corner, maybe one is for
the
> application window and one is for the work*** window.
>
> It sounds like he is closing the work*** window. Maybe just maximizing
that
> window would look more familiar to him.
>
> Blair wrote:
> >
> > I have now had this reply from my friend
> >
> > "Due to the help from Dave Paterson I have achieved part success where
he
> > pointed out that two X's will appear in the top-right corner - one below
the
> > normal one - and I am able to delete the second one as he suggested. The
> > screen then goes blank but I can recall the file from the bottom
toolbar. I
> > don't know what it really does as the same thing still happens every
time I
> > open My Documents but it at least gets rid of the mystery 'other' file
when
> > the file is opened.
> >
> > I tried Dave Paterson's main suggestion to help solve the problem but
when I
> > followed his directions I failed to complete the final part of his coded
> > instruction where a 'regserver' entry was required and I tried all sorts
of
> > answers for that but without success."
> >
> > Could you solve what his problem is ? I think he may mean regressive?
> > Blair
> >
> > "Dave Peterson" <petersod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:42F91324.24687421@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Maybe this from Debra Dalgleish's site will help:
> > > http://www.contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#AlreadyOpen
> > >
> > > Blair wrote:
> > > >
> > > > A friend has a problem. When he wants to open a file in Excel he
finds
> > the
> > > > file already open with a message which says the file cannot be
opened as
> > it
> > > > is already open.
> > > > I have tried to simulate this condition on my own PC but failed to
do
> > so.
> > > > Can anyone explain what is happening and how to stop it?
> > > > Blair
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Dave Peterson
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson


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