Saving macros to the Personal.xls workbook makes sense, but I'm getting
that same error message when I try to save to the Personal.xls:

"Personal macro workbook in the startup folder must stay open for
recording"

There is nothing in the "Disabled Items" window (earlier post) so
that's not it.
I thought the problem was that I was opening a second instance of
Excel, but even when I don't it's not working. Anyone have anything
further?