If your Excel files are opening in Notepad on Windows PC, here's how you can reset the settings to make .xls, .xlsx, etc files open in Excel.

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 ...

How to Open Excel 2007 Files As Separate Windows. If you work with multiple Excel files over the course of a workday, and especially if you use a dual-monitor setup, you might wonder how you can ...

Excel may not display the XLS file if another option is selected, giving you the impression that it can't open it.

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 ...

Learn how to use a Microsoft 365 setting to choose whether to open files in the online or desktop app, giving you full control for each file.