Excel Tempate Issue When Opening Existing Excel Workbook
 

I've created an Excel template and put it into the recommended location and
it works. However, when I open an existing Excel workbook from explorer,
instead of just opening the workbook that I want opened, it also opens a
blank workbook. I have to go close the blank workbook separately, which is a
real pain. How can I keep this "extra" blank workbook from opening every
time I open an existing workbook? I am using Excel 2003 (11.8033.8036) SP2.