Disappearing Personal.xls

[Otto Moehrbach]

Excel XP & Win XP
I've got one that doesn't make a bit of sense. I've got a user that has an
Excel file on his desktop. If he opens just the Excel program, he has a
hidden Personal.xls file.(Windows - Unhide - there it is).
Now comes the problem. If Excel is closed and he double-clicks on his
desktop file icon, Excel opens and the file opens and Personal.xls is not
there ( Unhide is grayed out). I asked and he doesn't have any other
version of Excel on his computer.
Does anyone have any idea what is happening? Thanks for your time. Otto

 

[ShaneDevenshire]

Hi,

Most likely there is a server location for the Personal.xls file and a local
hard drive location. In one case Excel is looking to one and in the other to
the other. This file is usually located in the Program
Files\Microsoft\Microsoft Office\XLStart folder on the C:\ but it's exact
location on the server depends on the install. You can track it down by
looking for XLStart folder.