aah yes, the backups. I'll just get my off-site backups now <vbg

Bob

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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If it really isn't opening (after you've checked for a hidden workbook),
try
Help|About Microsoft Excel|and click on disabled items.

xl2002 added a "quarantine" function for workbooks that it thinks are
damaged.
And it's easy to just click on "yes" to the "do you want the offending
workbook
disabled".

But if excel was really correct that your workbook is damaged, you may
have to
use your backup copy.

Shatin wrote:

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?

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Dave Peterson