excel documents won't open from my documents folder

I want to open excel documents from the my documents folder (microsoft xp)
but only pull up the excel template screen. If I open excel documents from
excel launch screen all is fine.

Sometimes one of these works:

Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)

--- or ---

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

Paul1961 wrote:
>
> I want to open excel documents from the my documents folder (microsoft xp)
> but only pull up the excel template screen. If I open excel documents from
> excel launch screen all is fine.

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Dave Peterson

Dave,

Thanks for taking the time to reply and the Tools|Options|General|Ignore
other applications (uncheck it) worked a treat.

Thanks again

Paul1961

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> Sometimes one of these works:
>
> Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)
>
> --- or ---
>
> Close Excel and
> Windows Start Button|Run
> excel /unregserver
> then
> Windows Start Button|Run
> excel /regserver
>
> The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
> factory defaults.
>
> Paul1961 wrote:
> >
> > I want to open excel documents from the my documents folder (microsoft xp)
> > but only pull up the excel template screen. If I open excel documents from
> > excel launch screen all is fine.
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
>