When you open Excel and you see PERSONAL.XLS(B) in the title bar you can use this to hide it.
Excel 97-2003: WindowHide
Excel 2007 : On the View tab in the window group choose Hide
Then close Excel and say Yes to save the changes to your PERSONAL file.
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Regards Ron de Bruin
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"Arencia" wrote in message ...
Everytime I want to "X" out of excel, I always have to also close the
PERSONAL.XLS sheet