You can try this.

Paste the following line in the Start | Run box and click OK...

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.exe" /regserver

You should get a popup stating whether it worked or not.

But it seems to be a known problem with Office 97 and XP.

[[It is a known problem with Office 97 and WinXP. To the best of my
knowledge, it doesn't hurt anything and doesn't affect any operations.

Either ignore it or upgrade to a later version of Excel.]]
http://forums.techguy.org/business-a...ml#post2828803


XL97: Error Opening File from Address Bar in Microsoft Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;184159

XL2000: Error Opening Excel File from Internet Explorer Address Bar
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;200704

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:crebq1de8r8ebnt7ean031ms1e9jbs0i8f@lol.com,
Theodore Baldwin Boothe III <DNC_TN@YAHOO.COM> hunted and pecked:
> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:59:10 -0700, "Wesley Vogel"
> <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Post back with the *exact* error messages.
>>
>> Click on the error popup and hit Ctrl + C to copy the error message.
>>
>> Paste that error message and post back.
>
> "a document with that name is already open. You cannot open two
> documents with the same name, even if the documents are in different
> folders. To open the second document, either close the document that's
> currently open, or rename one of the documents"
>
> only option is click OK button