I don't know why it doesn't stick for you, but you could do something like...

Create a workbook with this code in a general module:

Option Explicit
Sub auto_open()

On Error Resume Next
Workbooks("autosave.xla").Excel4IntlMacroSheets("L oc Table") _
.Range("ud01n.Frequency1").Value = 1
If Err.Number < 0 Then
MsgBox "Timer not changed!"
Err.Clear
End If
On Error GoTo 0

ThisWorkbook.Close SaveChanges:=False

End Sub

Save it into your XLStart folder (so it loads, runs, and closes each time you
start excel).

If you're new to macros:

Debra Dalgleish has some notes how to implement macros he
http://www.contextures.com/xlvba01.html

David McRitchie has an intro to macros:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

Ron de Bruin's intro to macros:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/code.htm

(General, Regular and Standard modules all describe the same thing.)

Another option would be to dump autosave and use Jan Karel Pieterse's addin
(works in any version) called AutoSafe (note spelling).

It doesn't overwrite the existing workbook when it saves. It saves to a user
selectable folder. And when it's done, it either deletes these backups (or puts
them in the recycle bin). And the user can always restore the backups from the
recycle bin.

http://www.jkp-ads.com/Download.htm
(look for AutoSafe.zip, not autosafeVBE.zip, for your purposes.)

Lord Cartman wrote:

I use Excel 2000.

The default setting for autosave is 10 minutes. I use 1 minute. But when I
come back into Excel, it has changed back to 10 minutes.

Anybody know how to correct this please?

--

Dave Peterson