Thank you, that did it!!

"JMay" wrote:

The next time the Personal.xls file comes up , at the menu select Windows,
Hide. Close Excel but first Save All Files.

Start Excel Anew... Personal will load (invisibly ) you may need it in the
future,,


"ccfromcalif" wrote:

I don't know since when this started but whenever I open any of my excel
file, it opens a blank PERSONAL page and have to either wait a long time or
minimize and maximize to get what I wanted to open.
Does anyone know how to get rid of this problem so I could open the file I
want to work on?