Thanks so much! Window|Hide fixed it.

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 22:34:16 +0100, "Nick Hodge"
wrote:

Tom

Personal.xls should be hidden (WindowHide, while it is the activeworkbook
and then when you close excel it will ask if you want to save it...answer
yes).

Now excel should open normally. Personal.xls will be open, but hidden, which
is correct