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I got windows office 2013 and installed it on my windows 7 laptop. I have old office 2007 excel files that I can't open, and some that will only open when I go through the program and search for them. After loading some files I tried to save them in the new format. But even after that I can't open the file. I tried coping and pasting the info, again with no sucess. what can I do to fix this.
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To solve this issue you need to open office 2013 en go to the following
File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Protected View
Then disable all option.. click OK..
exit office and open the file you want to open
Brgds
I went to the windows control panel and did a repair for my Office 365 (quick repair and then online repair). Post that I started getting the following message while launching excel "there was a problem sending the command to the program".
I then ran a wizard driven utility provided by Microsoft that solved my problem. Link is http://support.microsoft.com/KB/211494
Now double clicking an excel file opens as expected.
That's the same as this step :)
I went to the windows control panel and did a repair for my Office 365 (quick repair and then online repair). Post that I started getting the following message while launching excel "there was a problem sending the command to the program".
I then ran a wizard driven utility provided by Microsoft that solved my problem. Link is http://support.microsoft.com/KB/211494
Now double clicking an excel file opens as expected.
Reinstalling fixed my issue. Why should this have been necessary?
If I click on an Excel file Excel opens with a blank worksheet. That is it. If I open Excel and then open the file from Excel it is fine. It does not seem to matter whether of not it is an older file or a new one.