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Excel opens with a Analysis folder istead of worksheet
Sudenly when I try to open Excel 2003, instead of opening with a new blank
worksheet, I get a folder named Analysis and it has 4 files, or worksheets named: Analys32.xll Funcres.xla Atpvbaen.xla Procdb.xla These all say excel add-in but I do not understand what they are for or why this comes up now instead of a blank worksheet.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. |
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Excel will try to open any files it finds in either the XLSTART folder or
"Alternate startup file location" or "at startup, open files in". This could be the source of your problem. I would check the ToolsOptionsGeneral and delete any path in "Alternate startup file location". Sounds like you have it set for Office\Library\Analysis which is folder where those 4 files reside. I would also move any files from the Office\XLSTART folder that aren't Personal.xls, Book.xlt or Sheet.xlt. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:31:06 -0800, "rantoine" wrote: Sudenly when I try to open Excel 2003, instead of opening with a new blank worksheet, I get a folder named Analysis and it has 4 files, or worksheets named: Analys32.xll Funcres.xla Atpvbaen.xla Procdb.xla These all say excel add-in but I do not understand what they are for or why this comes up now instead of a blank worksheet.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. |
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sorry it has taken me awhile to reply.. I have checked in the XLSTART folder
and there is nothing in it, the options in the tools menue is in grey, so I can not check the "Alternate startup file location". I think that I am going to uninstall and than reinstall again, but I would really like to know what has happend that would make the Analysis folder open instead of a "New blank worksheet", like before. Thank you for the help and if there is anything else I could try, let me know. "Gord Dibben" wrote: Excel will try to open any files it finds in either the XLSTART folder or "Alternate startup file location" or "at startup, open files in". This could be the source of your problem. I would check the ToolsOptionsGeneral and delete any path in "Alternate startup file location". Sounds like you have it set for Office\Library\Analysis which is folder where those 4 files reside. I would also move any files from the Office\XLSTART folder that aren't Personal.xls, Book.xlt or Sheet.xlt. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:31:06 -0800, "rantoine" wrote: Sudenly when I try to open Excel 2003, instead of opening with a new blank worksheet, I get a folder named Analysis and it has 4 files, or worksheets named: Analys32.xll Funcres.xla Atpvbaen.xla Procdb.xla These all say excel add-in but I do not understand what they are for or why this comes up now instead of a blank worksheet.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. |
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Before you reinstall excel, try to reregister it.
Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. If that doesn't work, what do you mean by getting that folder? Is it a windows explorer window that's opening? rantoine wrote: sorry it has taken me awhile to reply.. I have checked in the XLSTART folder and there is nothing in it, the options in the tools menue is in grey, so I can not check the "Alternate startup file location". I think that I am going to uninstall and than reinstall again, but I would really like to know what has happend that would make the Analysis folder open instead of a "New blank worksheet", like before. Thank you for the help and if there is anything else I could try, let me know. "Gord Dibben" wrote: Excel will try to open any files it finds in either the XLSTART folder or "Alternate startup file location" or "at startup, open files in". This could be the source of your problem. I would check the ToolsOptionsGeneral and delete any path in "Alternate startup file location". Sounds like you have it set for Office\Library\Analysis which is folder where those 4 files reside. I would also move any files from the Office\XLSTART folder that aren't Personal.xls, Book.xlt or Sheet.xlt. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:31:06 -0800, "rantoine" wrote: Sudenly when I try to open Excel 2003, instead of opening with a new blank worksheet, I get a folder named Analysis and it has 4 files, or worksheets named: Analys32.xll Funcres.xla Atpvbaen.xla Procdb.xla These all say excel add-in but I do not understand what they are for or why this comes up now instead of a blank worksheet.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. -- Dave Peterson |
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Dave, I tryed what you suggested with no results. The folder that opens
looks just like opening "My Computer" or "My Doucuments", with "Analysis" in the title bar, and the 4 file icons. When clicking on the icons, it opens what looks like a worksheet that is all "Grey" in color. I will wait to reinstall if you might have more suggestions, thank you for your help.. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Before you reinstall excel, try to reregister it. Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. If that doesn't work, what do you mean by getting that folder? Is it a windows explorer window that's opening? rantoine wrote: sorry it has taken me awhile to reply.. I have checked in the XLSTART folder and there is nothing in it, the options in the tools menue is in grey, so I can not check the "Alternate startup file location". I think that I am going to uninstall and than reinstall again, but I would really like to know what has happend that would make the Analysis folder open instead of a "New blank worksheet", like before. Thank you for the help and if there is anything else I could try, let me know. "Gord Dibben" wrote: Excel will try to open any files it finds in either the XLSTART folder or "Alternate startup file location" or "at startup, open files in". This could be the source of your problem. I would check the ToolsOptionsGeneral and delete any path in "Alternate startup file location". Sounds like you have it set for Office\Library\Analysis which is folder where those 4 files reside. I would also move any files from the Office\XLSTART folder that aren't Personal.xls, Book.xlt or Sheet.xlt. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:31:06 -0800, "rantoine" wrote: Sudenly when I try to open Excel 2003, instead of opening with a new blank worksheet, I get a folder named Analysis and it has 4 files, or worksheets named: Analys32.xll Funcres.xla Atpvbaen.xla Procdb.xla These all say excel add-in but I do not understand what they are for or why this comes up now instead of a blank worksheet.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. -- Dave Peterson |
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Ah, I thought of this when I was almost finished my post. But I'd check this
first. Close excel. Using windows start button Search for xlstart Mine is: C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART Check that folder to see if you have any shortcuts to the folder that gets opened. My folder that contains those files is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\Library\Analysis If you have a shortcut there, delete it. Ahh. I just tried it and it didn't work! === Some more thoughts that may not work! How are you opening excel? Is it a shortcut you created on your desktop? If it is, maybe it's doing more than it should. Can you try creating another new shortcut on the desktop. Right click on the desktop New Shortcut Browse (to the folder that that contains excel.exe and double click on excel.exe) For me it's: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE" Then give it a nice name and (I'd drop the .exe and keep Excel). Then double click on it to test it. === Those files are associated with the analysis toolpak and analysis toolpak for VBA. They're loaded when you choose: Tools|Addins|and check those options. === What happens if you start excel in safe mode? close excel windows start button|run excel /safe I would guess that this would work ok. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors at: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm Essentially, you remove all the addins (tools|addins) and move all the files out of XLStart and then add each removed item (one at a time), restarting excel each time you add one back. When you find the offender, you decide what to do with that. === By the way: These *.xla files are addins that usually contain code (macros) that add functionality to excel. They don't have any visible worksheets. That's why you don't see them. rantoine wrote: Dave, I tryed what you suggested with no results. The folder that opens looks just like opening "My Computer" or "My Doucuments", with "Analysis" in the title bar, and the 4 file icons. When clicking on the icons, it opens what looks like a worksheet that is all "Grey" in color. I will wait to reinstall if you might have more suggestions, thank you for your help.. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Before you reinstall excel, try to reregister it. Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. If that doesn't work, what do you mean by getting that folder? Is it a windows explorer window that's opening? rantoine wrote: sorry it has taken me awhile to reply.. I have checked in the XLSTART folder and there is nothing in it, the options in the tools menue is in grey, so I can not check the "Alternate startup file location". I think that I am going to uninstall and than reinstall again, but I would really like to know what has happend that would make the Analysis folder open instead of a "New blank worksheet", like before. Thank you for the help and if there is anything else I could try, let me know. "Gord Dibben" wrote: Excel will try to open any files it finds in either the XLSTART folder or "Alternate startup file location" or "at startup, open files in". This could be the source of your problem. I would check the ToolsOptionsGeneral and delete any path in "Alternate startup file location". Sounds like you have it set for Office\Library\Analysis which is folder where those 4 files reside. I would also move any files from the Office\XLSTART folder that aren't Personal.xls, Book.xlt or Sheet.xlt. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:31:06 -0800, "rantoine" wrote: Sudenly when I try to open Excel 2003, instead of opening with a new blank worksheet, I get a folder named Analysis and it has 4 files, or worksheets named: Analys32.xll Funcres.xla Atpvbaen.xla Procdb.xla These all say excel add-in but I do not understand what they are for or why this comes up now instead of a blank worksheet.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Thank's for the help.. I looked in the folders you said, and nothing was
there, so I was getting a little frustrated, than when you asked how I opened Excel and making a shortcut on the desktop, I started looking at my shortcuts.. I always used the shortcut created at installation, in startall programsmicrosoft officeExcel, Well, this was pointing to the analysis folder, just like you said.. I could not change the target location, so I created a new shortcut on desktop, deleted the old one and navigated to the correct Microsoft office folder and dropped new shortcut icon in with other office shortcuts.. Seems to be working correctly now... I have no clue as to why this happened but with your help, I was able to correct the problem without reinstallation of Office.. Thank you very much... "Dave Peterson" wrote: Ah, I thought of this when I was almost finished my post. But I'd check this first. Close excel. Using windows start button Search for xlstart Mine is: C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART Check that folder to see if you have any shortcuts to the folder that gets opened. My folder that contains those files is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\Library\Analysis If you have a shortcut there, delete it. Ahh. I just tried it and it didn't work! === Some more thoughts that may not work! How are you opening excel? Is it a shortcut you created on your desktop? If it is, maybe it's doing more than it should. Can you try creating another new shortcut on the desktop. Right click on the desktop New Shortcut Browse (to the folder that that contains excel.exe and double click on excel.exe) For me it's: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE" Then give it a nice name and (I'd drop the .exe and keep Excel). Then double click on it to test it. === Those files are associated with the analysis toolpak and analysis toolpak for VBA. They're loaded when you choose: Tools|Addins|and check those options. === What happens if you start excel in safe mode? close excel windows start button|run excel /safe I would guess that this would work ok. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors at: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm Essentially, you remove all the addins (tools|addins) and move all the files out of XLStart and then add each removed item (one at a time), restarting excel each time you add one back. When you find the offender, you decide what to do with that. === By the way: These *.xla files are addins that usually contain code (macros) that add functionality to excel. They don't have any visible worksheets. That's why you don't see them. rantoine wrote: Dave, I tryed what you suggested with no results. The folder that opens looks just like opening "My Computer" or "My Doucuments", with "Analysis" in the title bar, and the 4 file icons. When clicking on the icons, it opens what looks like a worksheet that is all "Grey" in color. I will wait to reinstall if you might have more suggestions, thank you for your help.. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Before you reinstall excel, try to reregister it. Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. If that doesn't work, what do you mean by getting that folder? Is it a windows explorer window that's opening? rantoine wrote: sorry it has taken me awhile to reply.. I have checked in the XLSTART folder and there is nothing in it, the options in the tools menue is in grey, so I can not check the "Alternate startup file location". I think that I am going to uninstall and than reinstall again, but I would really like to know what has happend that would make the Analysis folder open instead of a "New blank worksheet", like before. Thank you for the help and if there is anything else I could try, let me know. "Gord Dibben" wrote: Excel will try to open any files it finds in either the XLSTART folder or "Alternate startup file location" or "at startup, open files in". This could be the source of your problem. I would check the ToolsOptionsGeneral and delete any path in "Alternate startup file location". Sounds like you have it set for Office\Library\Analysis which is folder where those 4 files reside. I would also move any files from the Office\XLSTART folder that aren't Personal.xls, Book.xlt or Sheet.xlt. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:31:06 -0800, "rantoine" wrote: Sudenly when I try to open Excel 2003, instead of opening with a new blank worksheet, I get a folder named Analysis and it has 4 files, or worksheets named: Analys32.xll Funcres.xla Atpvbaen.xla Procdb.xla These all say excel add-in but I do not understand what they are for or why this comes up now instead of a blank worksheet.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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Glad you got it working--I've never seen the shortcut created from the
installation procedure change. rantoine wrote: Thank's for the help.. I looked in the folders you said, and nothing was there, so I was getting a little frustrated, than when you asked how I opened Excel and making a shortcut on the desktop, I started looking at my shortcuts.. I always used the shortcut created at installation, in startall programsmicrosoft officeExcel, Well, this was pointing to the analysis folder, just like you said.. I could not change the target location, so I created a new shortcut on desktop, deleted the old one and navigated to the correct Microsoft office folder and dropped new shortcut icon in with other office shortcuts.. Seems to be working correctly now... I have no clue as to why this happened but with your help, I was able to correct the problem without reinstallation of Office.. Thank you very much... "Dave Peterson" wrote: Ah, I thought of this when I was almost finished my post. But I'd check this first. Close excel. Using windows start button Search for xlstart Mine is: C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART Check that folder to see if you have any shortcuts to the folder that gets opened. My folder that contains those files is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\Library\Analysis If you have a shortcut there, delete it. Ahh. I just tried it and it didn't work! === Some more thoughts that may not work! How are you opening excel? Is it a shortcut you created on your desktop? If it is, maybe it's doing more than it should. Can you try creating another new shortcut on the desktop. Right click on the desktop New Shortcut Browse (to the folder that that contains excel.exe and double click on excel.exe) For me it's: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE" Then give it a nice name and (I'd drop the .exe and keep Excel). Then double click on it to test it. === Those files are associated with the analysis toolpak and analysis toolpak for VBA. They're loaded when you choose: Tools|Addins|and check those options. === What happens if you start excel in safe mode? close excel windows start button|run excel /safe I would guess that this would work ok. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors at: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm Essentially, you remove all the addins (tools|addins) and move all the files out of XLStart and then add each removed item (one at a time), restarting excel each time you add one back. When you find the offender, you decide what to do with that. === By the way: These *.xla files are addins that usually contain code (macros) that add functionality to excel. They don't have any visible worksheets. That's why you don't see them. rantoine wrote: Dave, I tryed what you suggested with no results. The folder that opens looks just like opening "My Computer" or "My Doucuments", with "Analysis" in the title bar, and the 4 file icons. When clicking on the icons, it opens what looks like a worksheet that is all "Grey" in color. I will wait to reinstall if you might have more suggestions, thank you for your help.. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Before you reinstall excel, try to reregister it. Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. If that doesn't work, what do you mean by getting that folder? Is it a windows explorer window that's opening? rantoine wrote: sorry it has taken me awhile to reply.. I have checked in the XLSTART folder and there is nothing in it, the options in the tools menue is in grey, so I can not check the "Alternate startup file location". I think that I am going to uninstall and than reinstall again, but I would really like to know what has happend that would make the Analysis folder open instead of a "New blank worksheet", like before. Thank you for the help and if there is anything else I could try, let me know. "Gord Dibben" wrote: Excel will try to open any files it finds in either the XLSTART folder or "Alternate startup file location" or "at startup, open files in". This could be the source of your problem. I would check the ToolsOptionsGeneral and delete any path in "Alternate startup file location". Sounds like you have it set for Office\Library\Analysis which is folder where those 4 files reside. I would also move any files from the Office\XLSTART folder that aren't Personal.xls, Book.xlt or Sheet.xlt. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:31:06 -0800, "rantoine" wrote: Sudenly when I try to open Excel 2003, instead of opening with a new blank worksheet, I get a folder named Analysis and it has 4 files, or worksheets named: Analys32.xll Funcres.xla Atpvbaen.xla Procdb.xla These all say excel add-in but I do not understand what they are for or why this comes up now instead of a blank worksheet.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.. -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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