Try this post by Dave Peterson: http://tinyurl.com/b7q57

where he mentions 2 links, viz:
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Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors at:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes at:
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Article*s/StartupProblems.htm
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I tried that before... I didnt find any *.xml and i have all the correct
hidden files shown in my folder options.