Strange behavior on launching.

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.

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

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"krcmd1" <krcmd1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7E0BA120-1DFD-46DB-8758-8965847740FB@microsoft.com...
> 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.

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" wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Roger Govier
>
>
> "krcmd1" <krcmd1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7E0BA120-1DFD-46DB-8758-8965847740FB@microsoft.com...
> > 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.
>
>
>

Hi

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

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"krcmd1" <krcmd1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:36AFC4AE-3330-4488-AEE2-093123E213E2@microsoft.com...
> 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" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> Roger Govier
>>
>>
>> "krcmd1" <krcmd1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7E0BA120-1DFD-46DB-8758-8965847740FB@microsoft.com...
>> > 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.
>>
>>
>>

thank you for your help. had no xlstart folder. copied one from another user
on computer. problem solved.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

> Hi
>
> You didn't say what was in your XLStart folder itself. That may be the
> cause of the problem.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Roger Govier
>
>
> "krcmd1" <krcmd1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:36AFC4AE-3330-4488-AEE2-093123E213E2@microsoft.com...
> > 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" wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Roger Govier
> >>
> >>
> >> "krcmd1" <krcmd1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:7E0BA120-1DFD-46DB-8758-8965847740FB@microsoft.com...
> >> > 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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>