You can create a shortcut that adds another parm.

I rightclicked on an empty spot on the disktop and chose New|Shortcut.

I browsed for my excel.exe and found it he
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE"

Then I added a /e (space slash e) after that command:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE" /e

If I use that shortcut, I don't get that startup workbook.

BobH wrote:

and I am not sure why. How do I tell it just to start normally without a file?

thanks,

bob

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Dave Peterson