Can't open Excel files by double-clicking them

[zanedp]

I've had a problem with my work computer that when I double-clicked a spreadsheet file, Excel would launch, but the file would not load: just an empty instance of Excel would come up.

Here is how I fixed it:

From the “Office” menu in the upper left, click “Excel Options.” (It’s at the bottom of the menu, in a button.)

Click “Advanced.”

In the “

Comments

[shedmun]

Resizing (restore down) the Excel window will also show you the file.

[zanedp]

Not here, it doesn't. Excel just doesn't open the file... it's not that it doesn't draw it, it just doesn't open it.

[shedmun]

Also, if that box isn't checked but you still have this issue, check it, apply it, uncheck it, and apply it. That should resolve the issue more permanently than the workaround I offered.

[zanedp]

How did that box get checked in the first place? I know I never did it.