excel issue

when I attempt to open a file without the program already open it will not
open, when the program is already running and I open file it works fine.
What is going on?

file association



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"Holly" <> wrote in message
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| when I attempt to open a file without the program already
open it will not
| open, when the program is already running and I open file
it works fine.
| What is going on?