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Cannot open Excel files after upgrading to Windows 11
I am having the same issue with Excel files.
nsrumschlag I have exactly the same problem and it is related to the windows 11 install. All xlsx files now show with an IE symbol and will try to open in internet explorer (without success of course). The workaround is to right click on the file and select "open with" excel. That is necessary for all files with an xlsx extension. Files with an xls extension, however (older version of excel), show with the excel symbol and open directly. Once an xlsx file is open, saving it as a excel 2009 version with an xls extension solves the "open with" problem but some functions are obviously lost.
This is only an excel problem; the same issues do not exist with Word.
- homeuserhvp I had to resave all my excel files as .xls instead of .xlsx and it worked. I hope the same does for you, but the issue still remains.
Sepharo I have tried the "Right-Click" and "Open with Excel", but it fails. I tried "xls" and "xlsx" files and neither will open. WORD works as it normally would. I can start Excel and it shows up to allow me to open a file. If I click on starting a blank new worksheet, Excel shutsdown. The ones I try to open show up in the "recently opened" list, but I still can't open any.
I have the same problem after upgrading to win 11.
Please help
That's not Excel, that's Windows settings. Set in them Excel as default app for that extension.
Upon searching .xlsx files via apps -> default apps, it comes out empty. I have no idea what is going on anymore, but your solution does not work. I have the same issue as homeuserhvp
If it is empty you shall assign Excel as default application. Double click on the field and follow the prompt.
