Some MS Excel users reported Excel is not opening on double-click on their Windows computers, and some other users reported that Excel would open normally but the Excel file would not open. These ...

Once you do so, Excel files will become noticeable to the operating system again and you should make the file-to-program association once again to confirm the setting.

To recover the file, open Excel once your computer is working properly. A Document Recovery pane should appear with all unsaved Excel files listed (see the screenshot below). Choose the file that you ...

While it is technically possible to open an Excel file in Notepad, this is not a good idea. Excel files are binary files that contain complex formatting and data structures. When you open an Excel ...