Go into Windows Explorer and look in Documents and settings\xx\Start
menu\Programs\Startup. (xx could be Administrator, All Users, Default
user). Delete the file Shortcut to personnal.xls and it wont load next time
the computer is booted.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

"Rich Mcc" (no spam) wrote in message
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how do i stop the personnal.xls file opening each time i start excell

thanks in advance