Check the contents of folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\XLStart
These files will start when Excel starts so delete what you don not want.

"Teri H" wrote:

After a collegue set up my Excel 2002 to show multiple files at one time,
every time I start Excel it tries to open all kinds of files - including
PowerPoint and Word docs, so I end up with dozens of error messages and about
20 Excel files opened every time I start the program. I think it has
something to do with Tiles... any ideas how to get back to just opening the
program without it automatically opening every file it can find? Thank you.