When you double-click a Microsoft Excel workbook (.xls file
or .xlsx file) in Microsoft Windows Explorer, Excel
does not open the file, and you may receive the following error message:
Cannot find the file 'path'
(or one of its components). Make sure the path and filename are correct and
that all required libraries are available.
In
Window Vista, when you double-click an Excel workbook, Excel does not open the
file, and you may receive the following error message:
Windows cannot find
'FilePath\FileName', Make
sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.
Excel
may actually open, but the file will not open. If Excel is already running, a
second instance of Excel may start.
This problem may occur if the
Ignore other
applications setting in Excel is selected.
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
- In Microsoft Office Excel 2007, click the Microsoft
Office Button, and then click Excel
Options.
- Click Advanced, and then click to clear
the Ignore other applications check box in the
General area.
- Click OK.
- In
Microsoft Office Excel 2003 or earlier versions of Excel click Options, on
the Tools menu.
- Click the General tab.
- Click to clear the Ignore other
applications check box, and then click OK.
After you do this, you should be able to open workbooks by double-clicking them
in Windows Explorer.
When you double-click an Excel workbook in Windows
Explorer, a dynamic data exchange (DDE) message is sent to Excel, instructing
it to open the workbook that you double-clicked.
If the
Ignore
other applications setting is selected, Excel ignores DDE messages
sent to it by other programs. As a result, the DDE message sent to Excel by
Windows Explorer is ignored, and Excel does not open the workbook that you
double-clicked.