My workgroup templates are Excel97 and Excel 2003 won't open them. No error
it just doesn't open them.

Even if I save a new template in 2003 and save it to the workgroup location
it fails to open. They can be seen in the open dialog box.

The workgroup location is on a Netware, but that shouldn't matter as they
are in P:\MSOFFICE\XLSTART\TEMPLATE

If I move them to the same folder as the Word Templates then they open, but
the File extension is displayed.

This can't be by design.