Constant "Recovered File" Window When Starting Excel

[Guest]

This started to happen after a power outage caused my machine (and Excel) to
shutdown improperly. Now the Document Recovery window is displayed each time
I start Excel and selecting any of the available options opens a default,
empty worksheet rather than displaying the file listed under "Available
Files".

I have disabled document recovery but this doesn't resolve the issue. I
have also searched the registry for any reference to the file referenced
under "Available Files" but cannot find any instance.

I have to assume something got corrupted when the improper shutdown occurred
and I need to know how to clear whatever is referencing this file. All other
Excel functionality is intact.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[Nick Hodge]

Stewart

Go to the folder location under Tool>Options...>Save and delete any files in
there. (Go via windows explorer, not Excel as the files will likely have no
..xls extension, so you won't see them

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
(e-mail address removed)
www.nickhodge.co.uk

 

[Guest]

Nick,

There were no files in this directory, only a subdirectory named "XLSSTART".
Explorer is configured to view all file types so I would have seen any
hidden files if they existed.

Any other ideas?

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

If anyone else has any ideas I would appreciate some feedback.

Thanks.