I would like to delete a custom toolbar from the workspace. How?

[twiga]

A malicious software has installed a "custom toolbar" in my Excel workspace.
I can delete it from individual workbooks using View/Toolbars but it keeps on
re-appearing on new Excel Workbooks.

How can I delete this "Custom Toolbar" for ever and ever from the workspace,
not just from the Excel Workbook?

Alternatively how can I create a new workspace that does not inherit this
old custom toolbar?

 

[Gord Dibben]

twiga

First thing I would look for is the source of the "malicious software".

Check Tools>Add-ins to see if you can find anything there that might be adding
the Toolbar.

If you don't recognize anything, uncheck them all and restart Excel.

If Toolbar comes back, look in your XLSTART folder for a file that is doing
the deed. Perhaps Personal.xls is adding the Toolbar. Move it out of the
XLSTART folder temporarily.

If nothing there, go to Tools>Options>General and delete any path in
"alternate startup file location" or "at startup, open all files in"

You can also locate your *.XLB file and re-name it to *.XXX and restart Excel
to see if that helps.

If it is the Personal.xls file adding the Toolbar, it is possible it was
created using a pre-Excel97 version which used the Menu Editor.

If that's the case..........

Excel 5.0 and earlier used the "Menu Editor" to build menus. This is no
longer available in versions newer than 5.0. You can't use the "delete"
method or "reset" to get rid of the custom menu items(as you have learned).

To get rid of the custom menu download Jim Rech's REMOVEMENUS.ZIP file from
Stephen Bullen's site. See instructions and d/l file from:

http://www.bmsltd.ie/MVP/Default.htm

Gord Dibben Excel MVP