Before you reinstall excel, try to reregister it.

Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /unregserver
then
Windows Start Button|Run
excel /regserver

The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's
factory defaults.

If that doesn't work, what do you mean by getting that folder? Is it a windows
explorer window that's opening?


rantoine wrote:

sorry it has taken me awhile to reply.. I have checked in the XLSTART folder
and there is nothing in it, the options in the tools menue is in grey, so I
can not check the "Alternate startup file location". I think that I am going
to uninstall and than reinstall again, but I would really like to know what
has happend that would make the Analysis folder open instead of a "New blank
worksheet", like before. Thank you for the help and if there is anything
else I could try, let me know.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Excel will try to open any files it finds in either the XLSTART folder or
"Alternate startup file location" or "at startup, open files in". This could
be the source of your problem.

I would check the ToolsOptionsGeneral and delete any path in "Alternate
startup file location".

Sounds like you have it set for Office\Library\Analysis which is folder where
those 4 files reside.

I would also move any files from the Office\XLSTART folder that aren't
Personal.xls, Book.xlt or Sheet.xlt.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP


On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:31:06 -0800, "rantoine"
wrote:

Sudenly when I try to open Excel 2003, instead of opening with a new blank
worksheet, I get a folder named Analysis and it has 4 files, or worksheets
named:

Analys32.xll
Funcres.xla
Atpvbaen.xla
Procdb.xla

These all say excel add-in but I do not understand what they are for or why
this comes up now instead of a blank worksheet..
Any help would be greatly appreciated..



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Dave Peterson