Microsoft KB Archive/307203

= XL97: Cannot Open a File from Explorer After Using Microsoft Query to Return Data =

Article ID: 307203

Article Last Modified on 10/1/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Query 2000

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This article was previously published under Q307203



SYMPTOMS
After you use Microsoft Query to return data to Excel, if you then double-click an Excel file in Windows Explorer, Excel receives focus but does not open the file. You cannot open another Excel file by double-clicking until you close and restart Excel.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods to open the other file:
 * On the File menu, click Open. Browse to the file that you want to open, select the file, and then click Open.

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 * Drag the file from the Explorer window into Excel.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Excel 2000.

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB307203

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