I'm going to suggest you *do not use* the Workbook_Open event at all,
*ever*. Instead, in a standard module...

Option Explicit
Option Private Module

Sub Auto_Open()
Application.GoTo ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Instructions").Range("A1")
End Sub

...where this is a 'public' scope procedure exclusive to your project.

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Garry

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