The closest explanation that I've ever seen is one by Jim Rech. He guessed that
your Recently used folder was incorrectly pointing at the desktop.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mic...bcb9e1d640d6b3

or

http://snipurl.com/hzqz

(That number will vary depending on the version of excel you're using.)

Tom wrote:

My sister who is many miles away has a problem. Her words:

Every time I save something in Excel, it puts a shortcut on my desktop. How
do I delete the shortcuts? If I say "Delete" it asks me if I want to send TG
Version xls (or whatever) to the Recycle Bin. I say "no!"

Why would Save produce a desktop shortcut?

TIA Tom

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Dave Peterson