Sentry11 wrote:
> A DOCUMENT WITH THE NAME \"BOOK1.XLS\" IS ALREADY OPENED. YOU CANNOT
> OPEN TWO DOCUMENTS WITH THE SAME NAME, EVEN IF THE DOCUMENT ARE IN
> DIFFERENT FOLDERS.
> TO OPEN THE SECOND DOCUMENT, EITHER CLOSE THE DOCUMENT THAT'S CURRENTLY
> OPEN, OR RENAME ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS.
>
> What's the root of the problem with this error message? Any help will
> be greatly appreciated.
>
>


Hi this may work for you, Quote

"This solution worked for me:

>>>>
Try the usual fix(es) for this problem.

Tools>Options>General uncheck "Ignore other Applications"
Exit Excel and try again

If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel

Close Excel first and
On the Windows Taskbar

1) Start>Run "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)>OK.
2) Start>Run "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 Start>Run "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP
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Extract from
http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forum.as...file-is-opened

Regards

Richard A Clifton
Kestrel Programming Ltd"