Excel 2003 - Multiple Excel Open


  1. atom109
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    Excel 2003 - Multiple Excel Open (solved)


    Hi All,
    I don't know if I'm posting in the right area but I really need help.
    Before (In XP and Vista), when I have one excel file open and I go to desktop to open a different excel, it would open in the same excel program (2 files in 1 program)
    With Windows 7, when I open a different file, it opens another excel program (2 files in 2 excel)
    Is there a way to combine the files into one excel?
    I was reading through the forum and someone mentioned about Option->Tools->View->Windows in Taskbar but this doesn't work....
    Help experts.......because of this, vlookup, etc...are not working....

    Thank you.

    Dave.
    Last edited by atom109; 18 Nov 2009 at 14:17. Reason: problem solved
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  3. atom109
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    Found the solution....

    Create file with:

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\EXCEL.EXE]
    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\EXCEL.EXE\shell]
    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\EXCEL.EXE\shell\open]
    @="&open"
    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\EXCEL.EXE\shell\open\command]
    @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office11\\EXCEL.EXE\" /e"
    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\EXCEL.EXE\shell\open\ddeexec]
    @="[open(\"%1\")]"
    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\EXCEL.EXE\shell\open\ddeexec\application]
    @="Excel"
    [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\EXCEL.EXE\shell\open\ddeexec\topic]
    @="System"

    save file as name.reg (not name.reg.txt)

    run file and done.
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