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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
Thanks for the reply Ron.
I just started then closed Excel in safe mode 6 times, one after the other.
The first time it started OK. Attempts 2 and 3 gave me the blue page.
Attempts 4 and 5 were OK. Attempt 6 failed again.
No other app was touched during this time.
Seems to be random.
Andrew.


"Ron de Bruin" wrote:

Hi Andrew

When you start excel in Safe modus a few times do you have the same prooblem then ?
When you start Excel hold the Ctrl key and say Yes in the dialog


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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
Several times when I start Excel 2007, I get a blank blue page called
"preview:19200' and there are no options to cancel it.
I close it from the taskbar and hope I can start the application properly by
double-clicking the Excel document I want to work on. Doesn't always work.
About 8 times out of 10 Excel starts normally with no problem.
My OS is Vista. Plenty of resources available.