All,
Opening multiple Excel files from IE browser does not open in new instance of Excel. Registry settings are set to ensure that each
..XLS file is opened in a new instance of Excel.
This is a painful problem since we have simultaneous applications that may need to run on the user machine and we always want them
to open in a new window regardless if they were opened from IE or double clicked or not! These .XLS applications are opened via IE.
1. IE7
2. Office 2007
3. Followed instructions here to ensure every .XLS file opens in a new window:
http://myitkb.net/83/open-excel-2007-spreadsheets-in-different-windows.html
4. Open 2 different ..XLS files from IE, and they *ALWAYS* open in the same instance of Excel, OR they open in the first instance of
Excel that was opened prior to opening .XLS files from IE.
How to repro:
1. Follow steps in link above (including comments below article if necessary).
2. Double click any 2 .xls files on your computer/lan/network, but not from IE.
RESULTS: Files open in separate instances of Excel! Wonderful!
3. Leave those files open noting which one was opened first and which one was opened second.
4. Open ANY .xls file from IE browser (Google search for filetype:xls will bring up a few random ones)
RESULTS: File opens in the FIRST instance of Excel that you opened. File does NOT open in new instance of Excel.
5. Close all files
6. Repeat step 4 twice (so 2 different .xls files are opened)
RESULTS: Files open in the same instance of Excel. Second file does NOT open in new instance of Excel.
We *need* each file opened from IE to respect the Windows settings for opening in a new instance of Excel per workbook. We do not
want them to open in the same window as the browser either (e.g. Excel opens inside of IE window), so that solution is not available
to us either.
This looks to me like a bug that Internet Explorer is not respecting the Windows setting for opening each file in a new window. Any
way I can get the IE shell to respect the settings for Excel (or any other program I want to open in separate windows)???
Please help! TIA
Troy
Microsoft Office