Can't open Excel

[mdk]

Hi. Went to open a file I have in Excel (Office XP) under My Documents and it would not open. I went to the start menu and still could not open Excel. It sort of blinks in an millisecond (with the Microsoft sound you get when you need to close a window before doing something else), but it won't open. I would appreciate any and all suggestions.

Thanks.

[awilliamson]

If it opens, and blinks, I would check to make sure in Task Manager the Excel process is not still running. If not, I would suggest re-installing the Office software, performing a repair of the application. Another item to try would be to have someone else open the file, re-save it, and send it back. I have had in the past a file someone could not open, but I could. After I re-saved the file, and sent it back, the file worked without a hitch.