Are you sure that the file is not named Test.xlt, that is a template?

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Bob Phillips

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"Aaron Brett" <Aaron wrote in message
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Hi

Just recently (not sure why it has happened), when I open an excel file
from
a shortcut I already had placed on my desktop, it opens the file and
suffixs
the workbook name with a 1 (eg Test.xls would open as Test1.xls).

This means that it is not the actual file open, but a copy (so when I
click
on save I get the save as box).

Does anyone know why this is happening and more importantly how to fix
(please!!!)

I've tried deleting the shortcut and resetting it. My Xl startup folder
is
empty apart from a PDMaker.xlt file

Aaron