I have been combating a problem, I have several users who when they open
Excel it tries to open all files in the c:\ drive. (i.e. .doc, .log, .bat,
etc) I have done the following:

verified that the "at startup open all files in:" is blank in the tools -
options - general tab

Verified that there are no files in xlstart in c:\program files\Microsoft
Office\Office11\xlstart

Deleted users profile

Uninstalled Office, rebooted and restarted office

I have verified that system restore is turned off, just in case this is not
allowing something to be deleted

removed the office regestry key: HKEY_Current_User\software\microsoft\office

Every time I reboot and try to start excel it tries to open any file in c:\.
If anyone has any idea about this please help. Thanks for looking at this
post!