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unable to open Excel 365 Windows 10 by double clicking

HIROYUKI TAMURA
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unable to open Excel 365 Windows 10 by double clicking
When I double click Excel files, it opens blank Excel file and I need to go to file menu "Open" and select the file. finally open the file after installing Windows update,
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A quick repair (followed by a full repari if it didn't help), should solve this problem.   
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Years ago, this problem occurred when you checked the option for "Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)" in the File...Options...Advanced tab (in the General group at very bottom). Apparently, this problem is still with us:  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/excel/error-when-send-commands-in-excel 

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