Excel 2000 - Opens Unnecessary Blank file

[Guest]

Hi,

Whenever I double-click on an existing .xls file, the file
opens and additionally it also opens a new file book1.xls.
How do I stop the unnecessary blank file from opening.

 

[Norman Harker]

Hi!
To open without a blank workbook you need to change the target string
for opening to something like:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office2000\Office\EXCEL.EXE" /e

Right click on the icon that starts Excel and add the space plus /e

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[John Wilson]

Another possibility is that you have a Book1.xls workbook
sitting in your xlstart directory.

Program Files/Microsoft Office/Office/XLStart

John