Microsoft KB Archive/154902

= XL97: File may not Open From the Favorites Menu =

Article ID: 154902

Article Last Modified on 10/21/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q154902



SYMPTOMS
If you click the Favorites drop-down menu on the Web toolbar, point to "My Documents" and then click a file in the list of the "My Documents" folder, the file may not open.



CAUSE
You may experience the above behavior if you currently have no open documents in Microsoft Excel.



RESOLUTION
To be able to open a file from the "My Documents" file list, you must have at least one open document. This open document can be one that you saved previously, or it can be a new workbook.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The "My Documents" file list is a listing of all the files you currently have stored in your \My Documents folder. It lists all files in this folder, not just Microsoft Excel files. Therefore, if you click a Microsoft Access file from this list, for example, this file is opened with Microsoft Access and not Microsoft Excel.

Note: The Favorites drop-down is located, by default, on the Web toolbar. To display the Web toolbar, click the "Web Toolbar" toolbar button located on the Standard toolbar.

