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I have Excel 202 and with a dozen or two open programs sometimes forget I
have excel open and press the Excel icon on my taskbar. If it was Word it would open a new file for me to start writing, but Excel opens a new window, tells me it is in use and can open as read only. I have to tell it to cancel, at which time it continues to open. Then I have to close it and click on the file I have open. HOW can I either get Excel to behave like Word or get it to not even bother opening like that. |
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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. widman wrote: I have Excel 202 and with a dozen or two open programs sometimes forget I have excel open and press the Excel icon on my taskbar. If it was Word it would open a new file for me to start writing, but Excel opens a new window, tells me it is in use and can open as read only. I have to tell it to cancel, at which time it continues to open. Then I have to close it and click on the file I have open. HOW can I either get Excel to behave like Word or get it to not even bother opening like that. -- Dave Peterson |
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First one didn't work.
Doubt that the second one will, because these seem to be the factory defaults. I've always had this problem, had it when I temporarily loaded it on a borrowed computer while my hard drive was being replaced, and have it again now that it is reinstalled on my new hard drive. I kept thinking the updates would fix it, but they don't. "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. widman wrote: I have Excel 202 and with a dozen or two open programs sometimes forget I have excel open and press the Excel icon on my taskbar. If it was Word it would open a new file for me to start writing, but Excel opens a new window, tells me it is in use and can open as read only. I have to tell it to cancel, at which time it continues to open. Then I have to close it and click on the file I have open. HOW can I either get Excel to behave like Word or get it to not even bother opening like that. -- Dave Peterson |
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Won't take too long to find out if the second works.
widman wrote: First one didn't work. Doubt that the second one will, because these seem to be the factory defaults. I've always had this problem, had it when I temporarily loaded it on a borrowed computer while my hard drive was being replaced, and have it again now that it is reinstalled on my new hard drive. I kept thinking the updates would fix it, but they don't. "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. widman wrote: I have Excel 202 and with a dozen or two open programs sometimes forget I have excel open and press the Excel icon on my taskbar. If it was Word it would open a new file for me to start writing, but Excel opens a new window, tells me it is in use and can open as read only. I have to tell it to cancel, at which time it continues to open. Then I have to close it and click on the file I have open. HOW can I either get Excel to behave like Word or get it to not even bother opening like that. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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does that reset anything else about excel? I am tired of putting the
toolbars back in usable condition after each install, user name or anything else. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Won't take too long to find out if the second works. widman wrote: First one didn't work. Doubt that the second one will, because these seem to be the factory defaults. I've always had this problem, had it when I temporarily loaded it on a borrowed computer while my hard drive was being replaced, and have it again now that it is reinstalled on my new hard drive. I kept thinking the updates would fix it, but they don't. "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. widman wrote: I have Excel 202 and with a dozen or two open programs sometimes forget I have excel open and press the Excel icon on my taskbar. If it was Word it would open a new file for me to start writing, but Excel opens a new window, tells me it is in use and can open as read only. I have to tell it to cancel, at which time it continues to open. Then I have to close it and click on the file I have open. HOW can I either get Excel to behave like Word or get it to not even bother opening like that. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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I've done a few times and it's never affected my toolbars or my username or
anything else I can remember. As a tip, search for *.xlb file--where excel stores custom changes to toolbars. If you ever have to restore the toolbar, you can just plop the backup copy of *.xlb into its real location. (Although, I don't think that excel wipe out that toolbar on a simple re-install, either.) widman wrote: does that reset anything else about excel? I am tired of putting the toolbars back in usable condition after each install, user name or anything else. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Won't take too long to find out if the second works. widman wrote: First one didn't work. Doubt that the second one will, because these seem to be the factory defaults. I've always had this problem, had it when I temporarily loaded it on a borrowed computer while my hard drive was being replaced, and have it again now that it is reinstalled on my new hard drive. I kept thinking the updates would fix it, but they don't. "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. widman wrote: I have Excel 202 and with a dozen or two open programs sometimes forget I have excel open and press the Excel icon on my taskbar. If it was Word it would open a new file for me to start writing, but Excel opens a new window, tells me it is in use and can open as read only. I have to tell it to cancel, at which time it continues to open. Then I have to close it and click on the file I have open. HOW can I either get Excel to behave like Word or get it to not even bother opening like that. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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There is no "regserver" file on my computer.
"Dave Peterson" wrote: I've done a few times and it's never affected my toolbars or my username or anything else I can remember. As a tip, search for *.xlb file--where excel stores custom changes to toolbars. If you ever have to restore the toolbar, you can just plop the backup copy of *.xlb into its real location. (Although, I don't think that excel wipe out that toolbar on a simple re-install, either.) widman wrote: does that reset anything else about excel? I am tired of putting the toolbars back in usable condition after each install, user name or anything else. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Won't take too long to find out if the second works. widman wrote: First one didn't work. Doubt that the second one will, because these seem to be the factory defaults. I've always had this problem, had it when I temporarily loaded it on a borrowed computer while my hard drive was being replaced, and have it again now that it is reinstalled on my new hard drive. I kept thinking the updates would fix it, but they don't. "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. widman wrote: I have Excel 202 and with a dozen or two open programs sometimes forget I have excel open and press the Excel icon on my taskbar. If it was Word it would open a new file for me to start writing, but Excel opens a new window, tells me it is in use and can open as read only. I have to tell it to cancel, at which time it continues to open. Then I have to close it and click on the file I have open. HOW can I either get Excel to behave like Word or get it to not even bother opening like that. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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/regserver is a parameter that you pass to excel.exe.
I suggested: Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver widman wrote: There is no "regserver" file on my computer. "Dave Peterson" wrote: I've done a few times and it's never affected my toolbars or my username or anything else I can remember. As a tip, search for *.xlb file--where excel stores custom changes to toolbars. If you ever have to restore the toolbar, you can just plop the backup copy of *.xlb into its real location. (Although, I don't think that excel wipe out that toolbar on a simple re-install, either.) widman wrote: does that reset anything else about excel? I am tired of putting the toolbars back in usable condition after each install, user name or anything else. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Won't take too long to find out if the second works. widman wrote: First one didn't work. Doubt that the second one will, because these seem to be the factory defaults. I've always had this problem, had it when I temporarily loaded it on a borrowed computer while my hard drive was being replaced, and have it again now that it is reinstalled on my new hard drive. I kept thinking the updates would fix it, but they don't. "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. widman wrote: I have Excel 202 and with a dozen or two open programs sometimes forget I have excel open and press the Excel icon on my taskbar. If it was Word it would open a new file for me to start writing, but Excel opens a new window, tells me it is in use and can open as read only. I have to tell it to cancel, at which time it continues to open. Then I have to close it and click on the file I have open. HOW can I either get Excel to behave like Word or get it to not even bother opening like that. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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