Unable to load Excel files

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Excel files will not load and the message as per the screenshot is displayed. Files open directly from Excel. There is not similar issue with Word files. Help please

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Does the same thing happen from File Explorer?

Reinstalling Excel may be worth trying.

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Opens fine from File Explorer.

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Fixed. Defaults had changed somehow.