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Multiple worksheets open on starting Excel.
A week ago I placed 4 shortcuts on my desktop pointing to Excel worksheets.
Now when I open one of them or just launch Excel from the menu, it automatically opens about 16 of my worksheets. If I launch from one of my shortcuts, the file I launched is the last one to open. Can someone tell me what I've done and how to fix it? |
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Go to the Tools menu, choose Options, then the General tab.
There, ensure "Alternate Startup Directory" or "At startup, open all files in:" is empty. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "Jerry" wrote in message ... A week ago I placed 4 shortcuts on my desktop pointing to Excel worksheets. Now when I open one of them or just launch Excel from the menu, it automatically opens about 16 of my worksheets. If I launch from one of my shortcuts, the file I launched is the last one to open. Can someone tell me what I've done and how to fix it? |
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Thanks Chip. This was driving me nuts. My Options dialog box doesn't say
"At startup, open all files in:" so I never made the connection. Thanks again. "Chip Pearson" wrote: Go to the Tools menu, choose Options, then the General tab. There, ensure "Alternate Startup Directory" or "At startup, open all files in:" is empty. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "Jerry" wrote in message ... A week ago I placed 4 shortcuts on my desktop pointing to Excel worksheets. Now when I open one of them or just launch Excel from the menu, it automatically opens about 16 of my worksheets. If I launch from one of my shortcuts, the file I launched is the last one to open. Can someone tell me what I've done and how to fix it? |
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Jerry,
Older versions of Excel used the phrase "Alternate Startup Directory", which isn't very descriptive. Later versions use the phrase "At startup, open all files in:", which is a more clear description. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "Jerry" wrote in message ... Thanks Chip. This was driving me nuts. My Options dialog box doesn't say "At startup, open all files in:" so I never made the connection. Thanks again. "Chip Pearson" wrote: Go to the Tools menu, choose Options, then the General tab. There, ensure "Alternate Startup Directory" or "At startup, open all files in:" is empty. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "Jerry" wrote in message ... A week ago I placed 4 shortcuts on my desktop pointing to Excel worksheets. Now when I open one of them or just launch Excel from the menu, it automatically opens about 16 of my worksheets. If I launch from one of my shortcuts, the file I launched is the last one to open. Can someone tell me what I've done and how to fix it? |
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