{"id":3012,"date":"2016-04-25T11:08:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T05:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2019-05-12T02:54:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T02:54:48","slug":"excel-2010-open-spreadsheets-new-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/excel-2010-open-spreadsheets-new-window\/","title":{"rendered":"[Excel 2010] How to Open Spreadsheets in New Window?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft article <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-in\/kb\/2636670\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to open Excel files in separate windows in Windows 7<\/a> explains how to open Excel files in separate instances of Excel, but this doesn&#8217;t work in Windows 10 systems. There is an additional step needed to make it work in Windows 10.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The additional step is to delete the value named &quot;Command&quot;, in the right-pane of this key:<\/p>\n<pre>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Excel.Sheet.12\\shell\\Open\\command<\/pre>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<pre>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Excel.Sheet.8\\shell\\Open\\command<\/pre>\n<p>Note: Do not accidentally delete the &quot;Command&quot; subkey. You need to delete or rename the multi-string <u>value<\/u> (REG_MULTI_SZ) named &quot;Command&quot;, in the right pane.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/excel-2010-new-window.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"328\" alt=\"Excel spreadsheet open in new window\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Make Excel Files Open in New Window (REG File)<\/h3>\n<p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/misc\/excel-2010-new-window.zip\">excel-2010-new-window.zip<\/a>, unzip and extract the REG files to a folder. Double-click to run it.<\/p>\n<p>There is also an &quot;undo&quot; file included, in case you want to restore the default settings.<\/p>\n<h3>REG File Contents<\/h3>\n<pre><code>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Excel.Sheet.8\\shell\\Open]\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Excel.Sheet.8\\shell\\Open]\r\n@=&quot;&amp;Open&quot;\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Excel.Sheet.8\\shell\\Open\\command]\r\n@=&quot;\\&quot;C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\Microsoft Office\\\\Office14\\\\EXCEL.EXE\\&quot; \\&quot;%1\\&quot;&quot;\r\n\r\n[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Excel.Sheet.12\\shell\\Open]\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Excel.Sheet.12\\shell\\Open]\r\n@=&quot;&amp;Open&quot;\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Excel.Sheet.8\\shell\\Open\\command]\r\n@=&quot;\\&quot;C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\Microsoft Office\\\\Office14\\\\EXCEL.EXE\\&quot; \\&quot;%1\\&quot;&quot;\r\n&nbsp;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Hope that helps!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft article How to open Excel files in separate windows in Windows 7 explains how to open Excel files in separate instances of Excel, but this doesn&#8217;t work in Windows 10 systems. There is an additional step needed to make it work in Windows 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-3012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-office","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":273,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/add-the-open-file-location-context-menu-for-shortcuts-in-windows-xp\/","url_meta":{"origin":3012,"position":0},"title":"How to Add &#8220;Open File Location&#8221; Right-Click Option in Windows XP","author":"Ramesh","date":"May 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Windows Vista and Windows 7 include the Open file location context menu item for Shortcuts, which helps you quickly open the target folder of a shortcut. 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