Strange behavior on launching.

[krcmd1]

Just finished reformat and rebuild of my computer. Now when launching Excel
2000 it opens 13 spreadsheets; they look like programs converted to Excel
format.

how can I find out what's happening and how to stop it without removing and
reinstalling Excel?

Thank you.

 

[Roger Govier]

Hi

It sounds as though you have a lot of files in your XLSTART folder,
or in whatever folder you have set as the Alternate Startup Location

Tools>Options>General>remove the entry in Alternate Startup File
location

 

[krcmd1]

There isn't any entry in the Alternate Startup File field. The worksheets
that open were clearly not Excel sheets - they look like IBM macros converted
into spreadsheets.

Thank you for your thoughts.

 

[Roger Govier]

Hi

You didn't say what was in your XLStart folder itself. That may be the
cause of the problem.

 

[krcmd1]

thank you for your help. had no xlstart folder. copied one from another user