Opening Excel worksheet - missing link?

For whatever reason I am unable to open any Excel files without first going to my Excel shortcut, after which I have to find the folder and file where it is stored. I have tried to repair the program, to re-install the program, to say "Open with"...but without success. Any ideas what else to try?

I believe the usual fix(es) for this problem is:

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

Start>Run
excel.exe /unregserver

then
Start>Run
excel.exe /regserver
See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.
In that case Start>Run and put
C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver
etc

This should help
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Originally Posted by rena

For whatever reason I am unable to open any Excel files without first going to my Excel shortcut, after which I have to find the folder and file where it is stored. I have tried to repair the program, to re-install the program, to say "Open with"...but without success. Any ideas what else to try?