Hi

Try going to Tools/Options/General and unticking Ignore Other Applications.

Hope this helps!
Andy.

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> We have a small 3 station network - all running XP Pro SP2 and Excel
> 2000 SP3. On only one of the stations when you double click on the .xls
> filename in My Computer, excel starts up but the file doesn't load. I
> just get a blank excel screen. File associations are all set correctly
> and I have double checked network settings, folder is shared etc etc.
> I'm stumped. 2 of 3 stations work perfectly - excel opens and files
> load. Please help!! Thanks
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