Shatin,

Are you sure it is not just hidden.

Goto WindowUnhide and see if it is there.

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HTH

Bob Phillips
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"Shatin" wrote in message
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My understanding is that the personal.xls is supposed to open at start up
automatically. Don't know why but my doesn't. It's placed in this
directory:

c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\XLSTART\

So I choose "Tools|Option|General|At start up, open all files in: " and
put
the above path into the textbox. Still the same result, personal.xls just
won't be opened at start up.

I wonder what the problem is. Have I changed some setting inadvertently?