Scott

Try ToolsOptionsGeneral and uncheck 'Ignore other applications' If you
cannot open excel try starting it from StartRun with Excel.exe /safe

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Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
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"Scott Nash" wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a user running Windows 2000 Pro sp4 with Office 2000(sp3)

When he opens Excel, the workbook is BLANK. No gridlines, not column
headings..nothing..just white space.
I'm not aware of a NORMAL.dot for Excel, so I'm not sure if it's a
template
problem.

The other thing is, it works find under ADMIN. I made sure the user has
read/write to the Office folder and to his Applicataion data folder. Also
tried creating a new profile for the user and reinstalling Office.. Still
no dice.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks