Re: Excel 2007 files not opening properly..

Did you uncheck use DDE? If not you're opening the file twice, or trying
to.

When you turn off DDE that means that each file you double-click opens in
its own instance of Excel. Some people want that and some don't.

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Jim
"shawn" <yuppicide138@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|I think I found a fix, but it's giving me another error now.
|
| I went to Start -> Control Panel -> Folder Options -> File Types and
clicked
| XLS. Under there I clicked ADVANCED, then OPEN, then EDIT. At the end of
the
| application to open I put "%1" with the quotes.
|
| That makes my XLS files open instantly upon double clicking, but if I do
not
| edit the file it'll give me an error message upon exiting. It will say
| "Windows cannot find 'C:\filename.xls'. Make sure you typed the name
| correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the Start
button,
| and then click Search."
|
| As long as I do something, such as click once, it'll allow me to close
| without the error message. I am not totally satisfied with this
work-around,
| but I'm more satisfied than the previous problem. :)
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