Dave,

Thanks for taking the time to reply and the Tools|Options|General|Ignore
other applications (uncheck it) worked a treat.

Thanks again

Paul1961

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Sometimes one of these works:

Tools|Options|General|Ignore other applications (uncheck it)

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Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

Paul1961 wrote:

I want to open excel documents from the my documents folder (microsoft xp)
but only pull up the excel template screen. If I open excel documents from
excel launch screen all is fine.

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Dave Peterson