Excel 2003 doesn't prompt to save on exit?

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Mole Chaser - 23 Oct 2005 13:50 GMT

The rest of the Office 2003 suite does prompt to save a new or changed file,
but Excel does not. This has cost me lots of re-work when I get in a hurry or
have multiple windows open and inadvertently click to close the wrong window
or app.

It happens 100% of the time, for a new file or a modified file.

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Nick Hodge - 23 Oct 2005 14:39 GMT

Mole Chaser

This is not standard behaviour. You should check you have no code in your
personal.xls for example or any add-ins loading that are marking any
workbooks as 'clean' and therefore not displaying a prompt to save.

Bear in mind to however that using the 'X' at the top of the application
operates totally differently to Word for example which closes the document.
XL closes the application and any workbooks within. It should show a prompt
however, but if multiple workbooks are open it only asks once if you answer
'No'

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> The rest of the Office 2003 suite does prompt to save a new or changed
> file,
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> It happens 100% of the time, for a new file or a modified file.

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Alan Cannon - 23 Oct 2005 14:56 GMT

Thanks, Nick. This behavior started when I upgraded from Office 2000 to
Office 2003. The Personal.xls and other sheets are the same ones used
previously. I have tried a new workbook opened alone in Excel, then using
the close workbook and close application X's as well as the Close and Exit
commands in the File menu. They all act the same. This is a real puzzle.

> Mole Chaser
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> > It happens 100% of the time, for a new file or a modified file.

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tommy_hlfgr - 26 Oct 2005 19:15 GMT

I am having the exact same problem. Did you find a way to fix this

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S M - 29 Oct 2005 03:21 GMT

I also come across this kind of problem, but not 100% of the time. I suspect
it's related to network connection. Every time it happens to me, my file is
on the file server and my network cable is loose. I suspect when my network
drive is gone, Excel won't prompt you to save the file or not upon exit.

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Alan Cannon - 23 Oct 2005 14:58 GMT

PS: I forgot to mention that the behavior also takes place with no addins
loaded and starting Excel in Safe Mode.

"Alan Cannon" <alan.cannon@charter.net> wrote in message news:...

> Thanks, Nick. This behavior started when I upgraded from Office 2000 to
> Office 2003. The Personal.xls and other sheets are the same ones used
> previously. I have tried a new workbook opened alone in Excel, then using
> the close workbook and close application X's as well as the Close and

Exit

> commands in the File menu. They all act the same. This is a real puzzle.
>
> > Mole Chaser
> >
> > This is not standard behaviour. You should check you have no code in

your

> > personal.xls for example or any add-ins loading that are marking any
> > workbooks as 'clean' and therefore not displaying a prompt to save.
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> > >
> > > It happens 100% of the time, for a new file or a modified file.

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