If I double click on an xls file to open it, Excel will open but not the
file. It just opens blank. I then need to use the open procedures within
excel to get to my file. Why can't I just double click on the xls file from
a folder an have it open directly into Excel?

....Try this:

Right click on the Start button, select EXPLORE.
In the Explore window select TOOLS FOLDER OPTIONS
Find the .xls file and select the ADVANCED button.
Select Open, then select EDIT.
In the "Application used to perform action:" window add "%1" to the end of
the statement so it looks like this:
....\EXCEL.EXE" /e "%1"
Be sure to put a "space" between /e and "%1" AND include the quotes.

Say OK to get out and try to open the file.

Squeaky

"jpatb11" wrote:

If I double click on an xls file to open it, Excel will open but not the
file. It just opens blank. I then need to use the open procedures within
excel to get to my file. Why can't I just double click on the xls file from
a folder an have it open directly into Excel?