two options:
look under Tools/Options/General to check if you have entered anything in
"alternate startup file location" which in general must be blank. Here you
can specify files to autoload at every startup

Second, do you get a macro warning when you start up? If so, you might have
something hidden in the Workbook macro's.



"jcutolo" wrote:

Hopefully, the experts can help.

Everytime I open an excel file, it opens two instances. One is "Book1",
which is blank. The other is the document I want. How do I stop the "Book
1" from opening and only get the file I requested? This just started
recently. I am using Office 2003.

Thanks!