I have a new dell Inspiron with Windows 10 and office suite.
I plugged in a flash drive with spreadsheets on it.
When I try to open them, Windows 10 TRIES to open them with Outlook 2016, and of course they won't open.
WHICH APP is necessary to get these excel spreadsheets to open, and how do I get windows to accept it so I can use them?
HELP! I'm Desperate.
Hank
Welcome to the forum.
Explore the flash drive and see what application is associated with the excel file extension(s). If it's not Excel, then it's just a matter of changing the association.
Type Excel into search and see if you have Microsoft Excel installed. If you don't, then you will have to install it.
What if you right click on one of the .xlsx and open with "Microsoft Excel"?
Does that work or still open Microsoft Word?
He could just start up Excel and point it to look for files on his USB stick.....if he has Excel installed.
Excel will find its own files.....I also have Excel....so start it up, and have it look for files on your USB drive.
I found the correct app to open the files in the store.
THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP. I'm NOT VERY TECHY-----Combined, you solved the issue in no time flat.
Can't thank you enough.
HANK
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