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30 votes3 comments · Excel for Windows (Desktop Application) » Opening and Saving Files · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →
Thanks for your suggestion! Unfortunately we will not be able to address this in the near future. We’ll keep tracking the voting.
The reason you can’t have 2 workbooks open with the same name is due to the way that linked workbooks are managed. If you have multiple workbooks open and you create a link between them, Excel shows the filename of the linked file. If there are 2 workbooks with the same name, then the formula would be ambiguous. You can read more about how Excel manages external links here – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/328440/description-of-link-management-and-storage-in-excel.
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Agree; I have been opening same-filenames in Lotus for almost 30 years. Example: A:\ floppy and C:\ hard drive was the original task. Why do you think/guess Excel disallows? To keep users from confusing themselves about where they are? Or a legit programming reason?