Windows 10: I was just using excel. Closed the file and now i can't get excel to open again.

I had multiple spreadsheets open earlier. I completed the work on them and closed out of excel entirely, less than 5 minutes later I need to get back into excel to print off the document.

My toolbar icon won't open.

I told Cortana to open excel, wouldn't work.

I went into my computer to open excel from the original source file, no luck.

I tried opening the file i want, wouldn't open.

I tried opening it with the task manager open as well to see if the app would register, it doesn't.


What's going on? I need this fixed immediately for work.

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CSV files used to open in Excel....not now!


Hi, you say Excel is installed. Does it run normally?

You can't find Excel in (an unspecified) list of applications. I don't know which list that is for sure.

For example, in the list related to:
- rt click a file. Open With
- this list:



- this list:




- some other list...

If Excel does not appear in the above, I suggest you repair your office installation.

Maybe the above gives you some ideas. Otherwise please post a screenshot of where you think you should see it but don't. Thanks.

 

Excel file

Hi zhiyang....,

I'm assuming that since you're using Excel 2011, that you have a Mac. Have you tried saving the file in the default 2011 format of XLSX?

While I have tested and can open both XLS and XLSX files on my Windows Phone, they were both created in PC versions of Excel 2000 and Excel 2010.

As a test, would you:

• First, try saving the file as XLSX and see if you can access the newer file format on your phone.

Otherwise, try the following as a test:

• Open up a web browser
• Go to Windows Live and login.
• Select "SkyDrive" at the top of the brwoser window
• Select the Excel icon near the top where it says "Create"
• Add a few numbers and do an AutoSum. Maybe add some formatting.
• Close the workbook (File -> Close workbook)
• Next, your SkyDrive file listing will appear with the new file.
• Click the "i" circle to the far right of the new file.
• Now, select "Send a link"
• Enter your e-mail information and click "Send"
• On your phone, open the e-mail and click on the button that says "View document"
• You should be able to view the document.
• If yes, then there is apparently a compatibilty issue on the Mac using XLS and I would try my first suggestion of trying to save the file in a different format like the newer XLSX.

By the way, the procedure gets easier in Windows Phone Mango (coming soon - no official release dates yet except in Japan) as you can save to and access files directly from your SkyDrive. That would eliminate the e-mailing it to yourself steps ... a lot easier!

I hope this helps!

David

 

WP Excel won't open cloud Excel Files

I am running WP 7.5 and use Office 2010 (32 bit) on my computer.



I have been using my WP to open/edit Excel files stored on Skydrive for some time.



Suddenly, WP will not open the same files which it could open just awhile ago.



I have used Office to edit these spreadsheets since the last time I opened them with WPExcel and saved them in the same format as before.



WPExcel states:

"Can't Open. Excel doen't recognize the file format "<filename"".



Yet these files open without issue with Excel 2010.



Any suggestions?

Update - it seems that WPExcel will open cloud Excel files that have not been recently opened by Excel 2010. Those files operate properly. However, once I open them with Excel 2010 and save them - WPExcel can not open them. Problem with Excel 2010?