Excel always opens two workbooks

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nivek - 27 Jan 2005 21:04 GMT

I have been having a problem with excel. Whenever I open a workbook I have
been working on (doesn't matter which, I happens on all of them) it opens
that workbook along with an extra blank workbook (book 1). Is there anyway
to stop this extra workbook from opening (i.e. a setting in options)?

Excel 2003

TIA,
nivek

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Ken Wright - 27 Jan 2005 22:51 GMT

See your answers in Mr Excel

For anyone else it was the XLSTART folder

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> I have been having a problem with excel. Whenever I open a workbook I have
> been working on (doesn't matter which, I happens on all of them) it opens
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> TIA,
> nivek

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nivek - 28 Jan 2005 14:44 GMT

Searched all over Mr. Excel and didn't find a thing regarding keeping a
blank workbook from opening when another opens

Thanks,
nivek

> See your answers in Mr Excel
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>> TIA,
>> nivek

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Ken Wright - 28 Jan 2005 21:02 GMT

Apologies but your post looked almost word for word the same as one in Mr
Excel. Take a look for a folder called XLSTART and see if there is a
workbook in there called book1.

Failing that take a look at Tools / Options / General - 'At start up open
files in...' or 'alternate start up path' and clear them.

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> Searched all over Mr. Excel and didn't find a thing regarding keeping a
> blank workbook from opening when another opens
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> >> nivek

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nivek - 31 Jan 2005 14:09 GMT

Thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for.

nivek

> Apologies but your post looked almost word for word the same as one in Mr
> Excel. Take a look for a folder called XLSTART and see if there is a
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>> >> nivek

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Ken Wright - 31 Jan 2005 18:40 GMT

Good stuff, and thanks for the feedback :-)

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> Thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for.
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