Excel 2013 starts up with blank screen when opened from explorer

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When I double click any Excel file in windows explorer, Excel starts up maximized and I can see the ribbon but the whole grid area where my data should be is blank, no gridlines or row/column headers. If I "restore down" the Excel window then everything appears as normal.

I sometimes get subsequent Excel crashes.

I also get an Excel crash by clicking on an Excel file in windows explorer, as if to preview it. The Excel file preview function is not working since I installed Office 2013 Professional.

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Anonymous

2014-10-31T14:50:25+00:00

Thanks! This took care of the issue for me. Much appreciated!
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2014-11-17T21:23:12+00:00

This one worked - quick and easy. The rest were hopeless.
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Anonymous

2014-11-23T18:33:34+00:00

Once again Microsoft no real solution, just a **** cut and paste job
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Anonymous

2014-11-24T15:09:54+00:00

We are finding Excel 2013 crashes a lot when using CSV files and the new block file type protection is causing CSV files to enter into protected mode.

Which then makes CSV files read only.

Print Preview is also crashing on certain templates which worked fine under Excel 2007

Has anyone else seen print preview crash in Excel 2013?
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