Don

Try deleting the .xlb file. (It is a toolbar customization file, excel will
create a new one. all toolbar changes will be gone)

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
DTHIS
www.nickhodge.co.uk


"Don T." wrote in message
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I've been running Windows Office XP SBE and yesterday Excel stopped
working.
The other applications are fine. When I click on Excel if flashes for a
second and then disappears. Tried uninstalling and then installing.
Tried
virus scans and hard drive checks/defragmentation and get the same result.

On an Office thread from 2005 someone suggested changing an Excel.xlb file
to Excel.abc. I tried to rename the file but it produced Excel.abc.xlb.
I
couldn't get rid of the .xlb extension. Not sure if that would solve the
problem but need help on completing this fix. Other suggestions welcome
too.

Any help would be appreciated. Thx.