Excel Won't Start
 

When I fire up Excel, I get a blank grey screen where the spreadsheet should
be. All the menus, toolbars, etc. are there, but no spreadsheet. I can't
make any selections from the menu or from toolbars. I can only minimize
Excel or close the program using the _ X options.

When I do close Excel, a spreadsheet flashes in the grey area for a second
prior to the progrom closing down.

Is there a way to start with a clean slate - i.e., by deleting a startup
file - without reinstalling Excel?

Any thoughts? Thanks.

Try locating a directory named XLSTART and moving any files there to a
different directory.

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:59:06 -0800, "FuadsCurse"
wrote:

When I fire up Excel, I get a blank grey screen where the spreadsheet should
be. All the menus, toolbars, etc. are there, but no spreadsheet. I can't
make any selections from the menu or from toolbars. I can only minimize
Excel or close the program using the _ X options.

When I do close Excel, a spreadsheet flashes in the grey area for a second
prior to the progrom closing down.

Is there a way to start with a clean slate - i.e., by deleting a startup
file - without reinstalling Excel?

Any thoughts? Thanks.

I have nothing in my XLSTART folder.

"Myrna Larson" wrote:

Try locating a directory named XLSTART and moving any files there to a
different directory.

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:59:06 -0800, "FuadsCurse"
wrote:

When I fire up Excel, I get a blank grey screen where the spreadsheet should
be. All the menus, toolbars, etc. are there, but no spreadsheet. I can't
make any selections from the menu or from toolbars. I can only minimize
Excel or close the program using the _ X options.

When I do close Excel, a spreadsheet flashes in the grey area for a second
prior to the progrom closing down.

Is there a way to start with a clean slate - i.e., by deleting a startup
file - without reinstalling Excel?

Any thoughts? Thanks.