Office logo (left top)-> Excel Options-> section Advanced-> option group: General-> option: Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)įile-> Options-> section Advanced-> option group: General-> option: Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)Īfter setting this option, close Excel. Tools-> Options…-> tab General-> option: Ignore other applications To disable this option you can do the following When the option is enabled, you can only open Excel attachments from within Excel itself. This is an option that is disabled by default but can be enabled to isolate the Excel working environment. The most common cause is that Excel has been configured to ignore other applications.
Excel is set to ignore other applications
This often happens when Excel is set to ignore other applications or when Outlook’s Secure Temp folder is “full”. When I double click on an Excel attachment, Excel opens but it doesn't open the spreadsheet or I get an error.
