I need help to get my menu bar back. I opened and printed a file that
obviously had some sort of script in it and it appears to have changed my
default settings as the bar doesn't reappear when I reopen or reboot.

Unfortunately I have a crazy keyboard so even F11 doesn't restore everything.

Do I need to reinstall?

One way to set all your menu/toolbar customizations to the default is to
delete or rename your toolbar file (with Excel closed):

Under Windows XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name\Application
Data\Microsoft\Excel\Excel11.xlb

--
Jim
"oceanmist" wrote in message
...
|I need help to get my menu bar back. I opened and printed a file that
| obviously had some sort of script in it and it appears to have changed my
| default settings as the bar doesn't reappear when I reopen or reboot.
|
| Unfortunately I have a crazy keyboard so even F11 doesn't restore
everything.
|
| Do I need to reinstall?
|

Thank you very much - that worked.

Is there any way I can stop scripts doing this to me again in the future?

"Jim Rech" wrote:

One way to set all your menu/toolbar customizations to the default is to
delete or rename your toolbar file (with Excel closed):

Under Windows XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name\Application
Data\Microsoft\Excel\Excel11.xlb

--
Jim
"oceanmist" wrote in message
...
|I need help to get my menu bar back. I opened and printed a file that
| obviously had some sort of script in it and it appears to have changed my
| default settings as the bar doesn't reappear when I reopen or reboot.
|
| Unfortunately I have a crazy keyboard so even F11 doesn't restore
everything.
|
| Do I need to reinstall?
|

Is there any way I can stop scripts doing this to me again in the future?

Not really. If a macro is allowed to run it can do lots of stuff you don't
like. A well behaved macro/application will restore your settings and menus
when it's done. Complain to the developer.

--
Jim
"oceanmist" wrote in message
...
| Thank you very much - that worked.
|
| Is there any way I can stop scripts doing this to me again in the future?
|
| "Jim Rech" wrote:
|
| One way to set all your menu/toolbar customizations to the default is to
| delete or rename your toolbar file (with Excel closed):
|
| Under Windows XP:
|
| C:\Documents and Settings\<user name\Application
| Data\Microsoft\Excel\Excel11.xlb
|
| --
| Jim
| "oceanmist" wrote in message
| ...
| |I need help to get my menu bar back. I opened and printed a file that
| | obviously had some sort of script in it and it appears to have changed
my
| | default settings as the bar doesn't reappear when I reopen or reboot.
| |
| | Unfortunately I have a crazy keyboard so even F11 doesn't restore
| everything.
| |
| | Do I need to reinstall?
| |
|
|
|

I will - good idea - and thanks so much for your help.

"Jim Rech" wrote:

Is there any way I can stop scripts doing this to me again in the future?

Not really. If a macro is allowed to run it can do lots of stuff you don't
like. A well behaved macro/application will restore your settings and menus
when it's done. Complain to the developer.

--
Jim
"oceanmist" wrote in message
...
| Thank you very much - that worked.
|
| Is there any way I can stop scripts doing this to me again in the future?
|
| "Jim Rech" wrote:
|
| One way to set all your menu/toolbar customizations to the default is to
| delete or rename your toolbar file (with Excel closed):
|
| Under Windows XP:
|
| C:\Documents and Settings\<user name\Application
| Data\Microsoft\Excel\Excel11.xlb
|
| --
| Jim
| "oceanmist" wrote in message
| ...
| |I need help to get my menu bar back. I opened and printed a file that
| | obviously had some sort of script in it and it appears to have changed
my
| | default settings as the bar doesn't reappear when I reopen or reboot.
| |
| | Unfortunately I have a crazy keyboard so even F11 doesn't restore
| everything.
| |
| | Do I need to reinstall?
| |
|
|
|