While there is a way for you to open two Excel workbooks at the same time, you can also open multiple spreadsheets in separate windows. Learn how!

When you try to open an Excel file, make sure the file’s icon matches the file type. If it doesn’t, enable the File name extension option in File Explorer and check the extension of the file.

Disable Start screen and automatically open a specific Excel workbook (s) Perhaps you don’t want the Start screen to appear each time you open Excel, but you also don’t want a blank Excel workbook.