Solved Skydrive App - Open Documents

mooreted

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I have Windows 8.1 PRO. I have an Excel spreadsheet in SkyDrive. I can open the spreadsheet on my Windows phone and I can open it if I use a browser to access SkyDrive, but if I use the SkyDrive app tile I get an error that Windows doesn't know how to open Excel files.

It's really confusing because there is a SkyDrive desktop app and SkyDrive Webapps and a SkyDrive Metro app.

So, you can't open Office documents using the SkyDrive app?
 

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Hi Mooreted,

If I understand you correctly you can open the Excel file on your Windows Phone but not on your desktop/laptop?

Have you got Microsoft Office installed onto your desktop/laptop computer? You will need an Office installation in order to open Excel files. Your Windows Phone can open them because it comes with a light version of some Office apps.

Greetz,

Rover
 

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The odd thing is: I can open SkyDrive in my browser and open Word and Excel documents. It just seems very inconsistent.

Thanks, at least I have found a way to make it work.
 

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