Thanks Dave:

Struck out!

No reference to the Trouble.xls file in the VBE Editor.

Yes, there are numorous macros in the Trouble.xls spreadsheet, but the
auto_open and workbook_open macros are clean.

I'm not familiar with the book.xlt file. Couldn't locate one with
Windows Explorer. Found some excel .xlt files in the
Template/Spreadsheet Solutions folder - but are not linked to any of
my files.

Doesn't matter if the other .xls files have macros or not. When they
are opened, Trouble.xls opens and of course will not close out until I
close out all other files that I have open.

Noticed one thing! One of the my files opens with the "Macro Caution -
Enable or Disable" thing-a-ma-jig. The file doesn't contain any
macros???? This is a new file that was created long after I began
having problems.

Any virus or hidden macros known to cause excel to act this way? I'm
using '97 and 2000!

Thanks - Dean Thomas


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