Dave

Why are you looking for files in the XLSTART folder?

OP is concerned because NO book at all opens when he starts Excel.

Gord

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:01:21 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote:

One more...

If you upgraded through older versions of excel, you may have more than one
XLStart folder.

You may want to use
Windows start button|search|
and search for XLStart (make sure you search through hidden folders and for
hidden files).



DG wrote:

XLStart folder is empty. Was nothing in there.....

Sure wish I knew what happened to this program.

DG

-----Original Message-----
Next guess...

Check to see if there's something in your XLStart
folder. Maybe there's a
workbook that doesn't belong. Try moving everything out
of there (with excel
closed) and then restart excel to test.



DG wrote:

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the response.

I looked in the Properties of my desktop icon as you
suggest...that's where I normally start Excel from.
Under the "Shortcut" tab the "Target" box is greyed out
with the following in it..."MicroSoft Office 2000
Premium" (w/o the quotes). No "/e" there or in any of
the other options.

What next?

Don

-----Original Message-----
One way to stop excel from opening with a new book
visible is to change the
shortcut that you use to start excel.

If you check your shortcut (rightclick on it and
select
properties), look to see
if there's a "/e" (w/o the quotes) at the end of the
Target box.



DG wrote:

Would really like to know what I did and how to
correct
it...??

When I open Excel now, it opens, but not to a new
book,
no to any book. It use to open to a new book. Not
sure
what I did, but have looked for a setup for this and
can't find one. Any help would be appreciated.

DG

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Dave Peterson

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