I think Jim Rech suggested this:

Check to see where your "Recent" folder points to.

If it points at your desktop, that could be where windows/excel is storing the
shortcut.

Here's the link to Jim's post/thread.
http://groups.google.com/groups?thre...%40tkmsftngp03

Marcio Freire wrote:

I have a VB application that automates excel.
It opens an xls file, modifies some data and saves it.
As soon as the file is saved, excel automatically creates a shortcut to this
file in the root o my c: drive.
how can I stop this from happening.
Thank you
Marcio

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Dave Peterson