Everytime I want to "X" out of excel, I always have to also close the
PERSONAL.XLS sheet

Normally the Personal file is hidden
If you use Windows | Hide then you will never need to close it again
OR you could locate it in the XLSTART folder and just delete it - hope it
has no macros that you need to use
best wishes
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Bernard Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme

"Arencia" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9E91F069-881E-4D83-A224-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Everytime I want to "X" out of excel, I always have to also close the
> PERSONAL.XLS sheet

When you open Excel and you see PERSONAL.XLS(B) in the title bar you can use this to hide it.

Excel 97-2003: Window>Hide
Excel 2007 : On the View tab in the window group choose Hide

Then close Excel and say Yes to save the changes to your PERSONAL file.


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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Arencia" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:9E91F069-881E-4D83-A224-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Everytime I want to "X" out of excel, I always have to also close the
> PERSONAL.XLS sheet