Excel 2003 Macros Not Accessible

[Guest]

Hello
I have a new machine with Excel 2003 installed. How do you transfer your
macros and toolbars from Excel 2000 to 2003?
Thanks.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Darrell

Macros can be in any workbook. They would travel with the workbook.

Also in Personal.xls for global macros.

Also could be in any add-in(s) *.xla you created.

Toolbar and Menu customizations are stored in your xxxxxx.XLB file where
xxxxxx is version-dependent name.

Excel 97.....username.xlb

Excel 2000...Excel9.xlb

Excel 2002...Excel10.xlb

Excel 2003...Excel11.xlb

Note: there may be other customizations you want to transfer at the same time.

Before reading further.......

If upgrading Office version, transferring your *.xlb file from 2000 to 2003
will reduce the functionality of new version menu items, although most of them
can be dragged onto the old menu.

Read on.........

NOTE: some settings are workbook-specific and would be stored with the
workbook.

For other global stored settings..........

Screen layout, color info, checked Add-ins and many Tools>Options
settings are stored in the Registry, not in the *.XLB file.

To see some of what's stored in the Registry have a peek at this
section in it, if you feel comfortable.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\XX.0\Excel\Options

XX is your version of Excel...8,9,10,11

Assuming you are aware of the precautions taken when editing the
Registry and know how to restore a recent backup of same.......

If not, maybe have a look here first...scroll down to "Registry
editing tips"

http://www.activewin.com/tips/reg/index.shtml

Export all these keys(as a branch group) to a .REG file so's you can
back them up.

Note also: you may want to move over your *.ACL(autocorrect files) and any
*.DIC files.

For a more comprehensive listing see Dave Peterson's posting at

http://snipurl.com/8r7x



Gord Dibben Excel MVP

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the response Gord. Much appreciated. I copied my "personal.xls"
file (containing my macros) from my old machine to the new one and placed it
in the Xlstart folder for the 2003 installation. I want them always
(globally) available but, when I click on a toolbar that used to launch them,
I still get the error message that states that the file doesn't exist. The
toolbar is expecting the macros to be in a folder that doesn't exist.

Should I just make a folder with the same path or is there a more
appropriate way to get the toolbar to look in the new location?

Thanks again.
Darrell

 

[Gord Dibben]

Darrell

Is Personal.xls actually opening?

Hit ALT + F11 to get to Visual Basic Editor and CTRL + r to open Project
Explorer. Is Personal.xls available?

You can usually find more than one XLSTART folder and Personal.xls must be
placed in the correct folder.

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application\Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART is
the usual default.

You will also find an XLSTART folder at....

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\XLStart

That one doesn't work for me. Personal.xls doesn't load from there.

When you go to Tools>Customize and right-click on one of the custom buttons or
menu items and "assign macro" what is the path to the macro?


Gord