I recommend this for a protected sheet but there is still some
destruction(see below)

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
Static OldCell As Range
If Application.CutCopyMode = 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Unprotect Password:="justme"
If Not OldCell Is Nothing Then
OldCell.Interior.ColorIndex = xlColorIndexNone
OldCell.Borders.LineStyle = xlLineStyleNone
End If
Set OldCell = Target
OldCell.Interior.ColorIndex = 6
OldCell.Borders.LineStyle = xlContinuous
Else
If OldCell Is Nothing Then
Set OldCell = Target
Else
Set OldCell = Union(OldCell, Target)
End If
End If
ActiveSheet.Protect Password:="justme"
End Sub

Will color the activecell yellow.

Note: will wipe out existing background color of activecell cell unless BG
color is due to CF


Gord

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 13:08:24 -0400, "Rick Rothstein"
wrote:

My guess is that the code the OP is currently using won't run on a protected
sheet either, so I would think the RowLiner Add-In solution should still be
a viable choice.