if you have this for an open workbook
=VLOOKUP(A5,[yourworkbook.xls]yourworksheet!$A$5:$C$10,2,0)
when you close, excel will automatically change to
=VLOOKUP(A5,'C:\yourfolder\yourworkbook.xls]yourworksheet'!$A$5:$C$10,2,0)
Notice the addition of the path and the ' and the precise location.

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"choice" wrote in message
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i have workbook register.xls that looks up values from data.xls
so i need a startup macro that opens data.xls before register.xls

thanks in advance