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Shortcuts for Excel No Longer Work

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by apschorr

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Hello. My shortcuts to Excel no longer work. Hence, they do not work under Start -> Documents as well. When I click on an Excel shortcut, Excel opens up without any spreadsheets open. Any ideas as to why? Thank you. The other Office shortcuts work fine.

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by blackcurrant

Hi

Create a new shortcut and type the path below into the target field (assuming you accepted the default location for installation)

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\excel.exe"

Or, insert the MS-Office installation CD and select to repair the installation and tick the option to restore the shortcuts.

Good luck

by apschorr

Thank you for the quick response. However, I have already tried to repair the installation/restore shortcuts to no avail. The first suggestion didn't work as well. It has us stumped here. Thanks again.

by blackcurrant

Hi

Well, if this does not work then I would suggest completely uninstalling Office, then re-installing it.

If setting up a shortcut in the way I described does not work, you really need to do this.

Good luck

by rewrite

Here's a couple of things to try:

1)>Close Excel and go to Start Button|Run
type in "excel /unregserver" (no quotes)
go to Windows Start Button|Run again
type in "excel /regserver" (again no quotes)

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults.

2)Something else to try:
In Excel go to Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications and make sure it is unchecked.

Cheers.

RW

by steve.whiffen

I had same problem and tried your point no. 2 2)

In Excel go to Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications and make sure it is unchecked.

Mine was checked, so unchecked and problem is cured... thank you.

by big mick

me too !!! DDSS
In Excel go to Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications and make sure it is unchecked.

Mine was checked, so unchecked and problem is cured... thank you. MANY MANY thanks this was an annoying case of clap.

by juergen hartl

you can also try
excel.exe /o
does a selef regitering keys in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\\Excel
and
HKEY_CURRENT_User\Software\Microsoft\Office\\Excel

will be written new.

by cdbosh

Hey apschorr, I had the same problem happen to me about a week or two ago - driving me nuts!
It's a work laptop, so I can't just re-install Office. So, while I wait for the desktop guys to fix it, I have to drag-n-drop or open everything from within Excel. This really stinks!
Hey, I was also surprised to see that you're in Middleville - I'm from there, tiny town that it is! TKHS class of '88...
Well if you know of any fix other than the typical Microsoft reinstall, let us know!

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