Thanks for the help.all fixed now
Ian
"Dick Kusleika" wrote in message
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Ian

When you have :1 it means you have two windows for the same workbook.
Closing one should not close the other. You should be able to close one
of the windows, then save the workbook. Do you have some code in the
ThisWorkbook module or one of the sheet modules that's closing the
workbook?

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PCOR wrote:
When I bring up EXCEL I end up with TWO files
PERSONAL.XLS:1 and
PERSONAL.XLS:2

If I close one the other one also closes
This never occurred before. How can I correct this
Thanks
Ian M