A Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) forum. OfficeFrustration

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » OfficeFrustration forum » Microsoft Excel » Setting up and Configuration
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read  

Excel is opening new instances when it shouldn't



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old February 17th, 2010, 08:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.setup
Duke Carey
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,027
Default Excel is opening new instances when it shouldn't

A week or so ago I did *something* that has messed with my settings/config.
Now, with Excel ALREADY open, double clicking a file from Windows Explorer
causes a new Excel instance to start. Ditto when opening a mail attachment.

Other Office apps appear to be unaffected.

What's the solution? Anybody? Anybody? Beuhler?
  #2  
Old February 17th, 2010, 08:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.setup
Gord Dibben
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 20,252
Default Excel is opening new instances when it shouldn't

In Options make sure "ignore other applications that use DDE" is unchecked.

If no joy with that................

I would suggest you re-register Excel

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.

See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.

In that case StartRun "C:\yourpath\excel.exe" /regserver(quotes
required)OK


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:14:01 -0800, Duke Carey
wrote:

A week or so ago I did *something* that has messed with my settings/config.
Now, with Excel ALREADY open, double clicking a file from Windows Explorer
causes a new Excel instance to start. Ditto when opening a mail attachment.

Other Office apps appear to be unaffected.

What's the solution? Anybody? Anybody? Beuhler?


  #3  
Old February 17th, 2010, 09:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.setup
Duke Carey
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,027
Default Excel is opening new instances when it shouldn't

Gord - the DDE option was the issue. Somebody's add-in that I was trying to
test crashed Excel pretty hard. I suspect that was the villain.

Thanks.



"Gord Dibben" wrote:

In Options make sure "ignore other applications that use DDE" is unchecked.

If no joy with that................

I would suggest you re-register Excel

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.

See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.

In that case StartRun "C:\yourpath\excel.exe" /regserver(quotes
required)OK


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:14:01 -0800, Duke Carey
wrote:

A week or so ago I did *something* that has messed with my settings/config.
Now, with Excel ALREADY open, double clicking a file from Windows Explorer
causes a new Excel instance to start. Ditto when opening a mail attachment.

Other Office apps appear to be unaffected.

What's the solution? Anybody? Anybody? Beuhler?


.

  #4  
Old February 17th, 2010, 11:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.setup
Gord Dibben
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 20,252
Default Excel is opening new instances when it shouldn't

Good to hear you're sorted out.

Gord

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:38:01 -0800, Duke Carey
wrote:

Gord - the DDE option was the issue. Somebody's add-in that I was trying to
test crashed Excel pretty hard. I suspect that was the villain.

Thanks.



"Gord Dibben" wrote:

In Options make sure "ignore other applications that use DDE" is unchecked.

If no joy with that................

I would suggest you re-register Excel

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.

See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.

In that case StartRun "C:\yourpath\excel.exe" /regserver(quotes
required)OK


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:14:01 -0800, Duke Carey
wrote:

A week or so ago I did *something* that has messed with my settings/config.
Now, with Excel ALREADY open, double clicking a file from Windows Explorer
causes a new Excel instance to start. Ditto when opening a mail attachment.

Other Office apps appear to be unaffected.

What's the solution? Anybody? Anybody? Beuhler?


.


 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 02:37 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 OfficeFrustration.
The comments are property of their posters.