I have a problem where, with excel up and running, if I accidently select
the xl icon again, a second copy of xl loads, and it loads without the
standard xlb file opening. If I close the second copy, it overwrite my xlb
file (to nothing).

Is there a way to prevent the second opening of xl? (Running xl2000 on
Windows 2000)

Alex J
(madly backing up my xlbs)

Is there a way to prevent the second opening of xl?

That's not your problem, Alex. The problem is that the XLB files does not
get found/read when the second Excel instance opens. That is not normal
behavior. I've used Excel for 10 years and never seen this once. When the
first instance only is open is the XLB still present in C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel? If so can you re-name
it? (As a test to see if it's locked). I really have no good idea what's
going on.

madly backing up my xlbs

Excellent! That's what I do because of random bloating and to easily
reverse changes some Excel apps make.

--
Jim Rech
Excel MVP
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I have a problem where, with excel up and running, if I accidently select
the xl icon again, a second copy of xl loads, and it loads without the
standard xlb file opening. If I close the second copy, it overwrite my xlb
file (to nothing).

Is there a way to prevent the second opening of xl? (Running xl2000 on
Windows 2000)

Alex J
(madly backing up my xlbs)