2013 excel won't open when double clicked

Hello,
I am using window's 7. I am having an issue with excel. An excel file will not open when double clicked.
Thank you,

Hi,
Does this issue happen to a certain Excel file or all Excel files?
If this only happen to a certain Excel file, where is the file stored? We may try to open a blank Excel file, and then open the certain Excel file via File > Open and then navigate to the file to see the result.
If this issue happens to all Excel files, please go to Task Manager, click Processes tab and make sure Excel.exe is not listed there. If Excel.exe is listed, end the process and then try to opening Excel file to see the result.
If above doesn't fix the issue, we may also try to
run a repair of your Office installation to see the result. It seems that the method fixed a similar issue for a number of users according to another thread.
Please have a try and let me know the result.
Regards,
Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

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