How can I get Excel to auto-open a blank workbook at startup?

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Holly Wallace

Hi,

When I start Excel, I would like to see a blank workbook.
Instead, I get grey nothingness. There is no "/e" in my
shortcut target. Excel 97 on Windows NT.

Thanks,
Holly
 
D

Dave Peterson

What do you have in your XLStart folder?

Maybe a workbook that opens hidden
Start excel and look under Window|Unhide.
 
H

Holly

Just personal.xls which is indeed hidden. But doesn't
Excel normally start with a blank workbook called Book1?

Thanks for your reply! :)
 
D

Dave Peterson

When I had personal.xls as the only file in my XLStart folder (and personal.xls
was hidden inside excel), then I got the blank workbook.

But if I had another workbook (also hidden in excel) in that folder, then I
didn't get the empty workbook.

I really have personal.xla, sheet.xlt and book.xlt in my XLStart folder and I
always get that blank workbook.

I didn't test this, but any chance you're using the alternate startup folder and
have something in that folder that interferes?

I don't have any more quesses.
 

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