Hi J,

All workbooks stored in your XLStart folder will be opened each time you
open Excel.

With the exception of Personal.xls, or any other workbooks you do wish to
automatically open, try moving these workbooks - perhaps to your default
file location.

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Regards,
Norman



"J Shrimps, Jr." wrote in message
...
Whatever I set my default file location to,
ALL files, regardles of type, size,
Excel attempts to open them when
Excel starts.

I end up using Task Manager to
shut down Excel, rename the
directory I had listed as Default
File Location, and restart Excel,
which now lists
F:\Documents and Settings\....\My Documents\
as the Default File Location.
Fortunately that folder has no
files of any kind.
This is very wierd behaviour,
and I can't set where this option is
being set in Excel.