Open each spreadsheet in a new instance of Excel 2010

Anonymous
2011-02-18T11:48:00+00:00

How do I configure Excel to open a new instance of Excel each time I open an existing spreadsheet.  I am sure I have done this once but I think network settings have removed this functionality.  I am using Office 2010 on Vista.

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Anonymous
2012-02-08T11:42:24+00:00

To resolve this, go to 'excel options' > click on the 'advanced' tab > scroll down to general > check the ignore other applications that use 'Dyanamic Data Exchange (DDE)'

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2011-02-18T17:12:59+00:00

This is a reply by Brian Tilman to a similar problem with 2007. I anticipate it will work with 2010 as well:

Open Windows Explorer and click Tools>Folder Options>File Types.  Locate the XLSX file type and select it.  Click Advanced.  In the Actions pane, select Open and click Edit.  Record what you see in the "Application used to perform action" and "DDE Message" fields because you'll need it if you ever want to restore the current behavior.

Remove the "/dde" from the end of the string in the "Application used..." field and insert "%1", being sure to include the quotes as well.  Uncheck the "Use DDE" box.  Click OK.  Uncheck "Browse in same window" if you want Internet Explorer to open a spreadsheet in an Excel window instead of a browser window.  Click OK, then OK.  Double-clicking a worksheet should now create a separate Excel window.

Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-06-21T22:45:34+00:00

    You may have found this answer already, (in windows 7) if you have excel 2010 open, right click on the excel icon in your task bar at bottom and click Microsoft Excel  2010.  This will open new excel and leave other one in separate window.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-05T18:10:44+00:00

    To resolve this, go to 'excel options' > click on the 'advanced' tab > scroll down to general > check the ignore other applications that use 'Dyanamic Data Exchange (DDE)'

     

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    This worked great for Excel 2010 also, thanks!

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-03-02T17:05:23+00:00

    Its an known issue that excel cannot open new instance when ever you open file or excel application in windows vista\7.

    Only work around is start> all programs> MS office> excel

    No of times you open or launch app like this will open an new instance of excel.

    The suggestion given by RON AT BUY is for windows XP and the file types feature was removed from windows vista on wards.

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