## XL5: Double-Clicking File in File Manager Doesn't Start Excel

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0

## SYMPTOMS

In File Manager, when you double-click an .XLS file while a document that contains a Microsoft Excel 5.0 Worksheet object is open in a client application, Microsoft Excel is not started.

## CAUSE

This behavior occurs even if the worksheet object is not open for in-place editing. The behavior occurs because while the document that contains the worksheet object is open, an invisible instance of Microsoft Excel is running. Double-clicking an .XLS file in File Manager to open the file in Microsoft Excel appears to have no effect, because Microsoft Excel is already running.
Note that this is not a problem if a visible instance of Microsoft Excel is running when you double-click the file name in File Manager.

## WORKAROUND

To open a file in Microsoft Excel while a document that contains a Microsoft Excel 5.0 Worksheet object is open in a client application, do any of the following:

- Close the document that contains the workbook object before you double-click the filename in File Manager.
-or-
- Start Microsoft Excel by double-clicking the program icon in Program Manager, or by choosing the Microsoft Excel icon from the Microsoft Office Manager (MOM) toolbar.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel version 5.0c for Windows.

## REFERENCES

For more information about Embedding A Microsoft Excel Object In Another Application, choose the Search button in Help and type:

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