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Try doing a repair of Office 2007. Open Word or Excel, go to Trust Center, Privacy options, and check (select) &quot;Download a File Periodically from Microsoft&quot;. Now go to Help and run Diagnostics. &nbsp;When complete, make sure Office 2007 is up to Service Pack 3 and fully patched. <br />
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If that does not work, try uninstalling Office completely, restart and then resinstall Office (Full, not Typical), add service packs and patch. <br />
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See if either approach helps you. .... Thinkpads_User
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Try doing a repair of Office 2007. Open Word or Excel, go to Trust Center, Privacy options, and check (select) "Download a File Periodically from Microsoft". Now go to Help and run Diagnostics.  When complete, make sure Office 2007 is up to Service Pack 3 and fully patched.

If that does not work, try uninstalling Office completely, restart and then resinstall Office (Full, not Typical), add service packs and patch.

See if either approach helps you. .... Thinkpads_User

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just try to login with some other user and check if it works..
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just try to login with some other user and check if it works..

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User is running Windows XP and MS Office 2007. &nbsp;When she double clicks on Excel files, either locally or on a network drive, Excel opens up with a blank screen instead of opening the file. Most, if not all options are greyed out. &nbsp;The only way the user can open Excel files right now is by first opening Excel and then browsing to the file and opening it that way. &nbsp;Anyone know of a fix? &nbsp;I checked the hide/unhide and it is greyed-out. &nbsp;I also unchecked the &quot;Ignore other applications&quot; in Tools&gt;Options.
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User is running Windows XP and MS Office 2007.  When she double clicks on Excel files, either locally or on a network drive, Excel opens up with a blank screen instead of opening the file. Most, if not all options are greyed out.  The only way the user can open Excel files right now is by first opening Excel and then browsing to the file and opening it that way.  Anyone know of a fix?  I checked the hide/unhide and it is greyed-out.  I also unchecked the "Ignore other applications" in Tools>Options.

Can't open MS Excel (2007) files by clicking on icons

Microsoft Excel topics include formulas, formatting, VBA macros and user-defined functions, and everything else related to the spreadsheet user interface, including error messages.