Hi Steve, First I suggest you try to uninstall Office completely and then reinstall Office. About how to uninstall Office completely, please refer to this article: If this issue still exists, please try to create a new account of MAC and check if it works fine in new account of MAC. Any updates please let me know, I'm glad to help and follow up your reply. Regards, Emi Zhang TechNet Community Support Please mark the reply as an answer if you find it is helpful.
If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact. Hi Beth B Miller, As far as I know users got different problems about Office after upgrading to Windows 10. I suggest you try to reset file associations:.
Please go to Control Panel. Click Default Programs, and then click Set your default programs. Click Excel, and then click Choose default for this program.
On the Set Program Associations screen, click Select All, and then click Save. If this issue still exists, please try to repair your Office. About how to repair Office in Windows 10, please refer to this article: Hope it's helpful. Regards, Emi Zhang TechNet Community Support Please mark the reply as an answer if you find it is helpful. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact. Hi Steve, First I suggest you try to uninstall Office completely and then reinstall Office. About how to uninstall Office completely, please refer to this article: If this issue still exists, please try to create a new account of MAC and check if it works fine in new account of MAC.
Any updates please let me know, I'm glad to help and follow up your reply. Regards, Emi Zhang TechNet Community Support Please mark the reply as an answer if you find it is helpful. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact.
I have a similar problem. For example, yesterday I updated some spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for Mac Version 15.17 (151206) on a Macbook running OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.5. This morning, I can't open one of the spreadsheets on either the Macbook or a Windows PC. Double clicking in the Finder, or opening within Excel both fail. Nothing appears. However, when I then quit Excel, it prompts me to confirm whether I want to save changes to the spreadsheet, so it is partially opening the spreadsheet.
There are no error messages displayed. Rob Bell Australia Desperate. Well, a bit more searching provided an answer - the workbook is opening, but opening 'Hidden'. So, from the Mac Excel 'Window' menu, select 'Unhide'. You may need to have a dummy workbook also open and play with Hide and Unhide. The clue was at - thanks. Rob Bell Australia I had the same problem and up until today, my recourse was to open the Excel file in Apple Numbers.
Not a perfect solution but an option. Today after reading these posts I wondered if opening the file in Excel Online would make any difference. The file opened.
Jan 23, 2017 I can no longer open an Excel document by double click an Excel file icon on the desktop. It only happen to excel 2016, other office 2016 application like word 2016, powerpoint 2016, etc do not have such problem. Excel for Office 365 for Mac Excel 2019 for Mac Excel 2016 for Mac More. Looking for something that’s not listed here? Use the Search box in the upper right corner of this window. Office 2016 for Mac Quick Start Guides. What's new and improved in Office 2016 for Mac.
Saved it as a new name and I'm back up and running.
After recently upgrading my Office 2013 version to Office 2016 (as part of my Office 365 subscription through GoDaddy), I have discovered that I can no longer open an Excel document simply by clicking on an Excel file icon on my desktop, in another window, or from a document management software system. I have to first start Excel and then search for the file to open it from there.
Even then, there seems to be no consistency as to whether or not the workbook will open. If I click on say an Excel created document's desktop icon without Excel 2016 already being open, then the program starts up, but all that I get is a blank Excel screen without any open workbook. I tried going through the Answer Desk and they could not resolve the problem.
Of course they tried to sell me the Assurance plan, however I had been there before and I never received any solid support from that plan. Therefore I am hoping to get some assistance here.
My laptop is Windows 7 Pro, fully up to date with all Windows updates. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Hi Boca & Prabhavathi, I am facing the same situation like you after i upgraded office 2007 to office 2016. I can no longer open an Excel document by double click an Excel file icon on the desktop. It only happen to excel 2016, other office 2016 application like word 2016, powerpoint 2016, etc do not have such problem. I had tried to repair the Office 2016 installation with the help of following steps: 1. Open Control Panel and click on Programs and Features icon.
Now click on Microsoft Office entry present in the list and click on ' Change' button. Now select ' Repair' option and click on ' Continue' button. It did not help in resolve the problem. Besides that, i tried to resolve the issue by follow the another solution method. Open the Microsoft Office program and open its Options window. Click on Office ORB or FILE menu present in the ribbon and then click on Options. Now go to Advanced tab and scroll down to bottom.
You'll find ' Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)' option present in General section. Make sure its unchecked. If its enabled in your system, disable it by unchecking the checkbox. Apply changes and restart Office program. Unfortunately, it does not work too. Still look forward to hear reply from any advance troubleshooter.
To ALL, I had the same situation after upgrading office 2007 to office 2016 where I could no longer open an Excel document by double click an Excel file icon on the desktop. I did not have any issues with the rest of the Office 2016 apps. I followed the fist method stated above to repair the Office 2016 installation: 1. Open Control Panel and click on Programs and Features icon. 2. Now click on Microsoft Office entry present in the list and click on ' Change' button. 3. Now select ' Repair' option and click on ' Continue' button.
My issue was resolved and now I can open Excel files.