It could be that Excel encountered a problem when opening the
file, and has disabled it. Go to the Help menu, choose About
Excel, and click the Disabled Items button. See if your file is
listed there.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
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"woburn" wrote in message
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I have a file in the XLSTART directory that refiuses to load
when Excel is
loaded.

I have no switches on the shortcut.