I have modified my Excel toolbars many times with no problem however on this
new machine at work with Office 2003 and all service packs, etc., the changes
I make are not retained when i close and open Excel. I've tried the Detect &
Repair and looked for any Office updates and all are current. Help.

Customized changes to to menus and toolbars are saved in Excel11.xlb

Usual path is

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel

Your path may differ

Maybe you don't have permission to save to that folder

Search for Excell11.xlb using Windows search.

When found, re-name to Excel11.OLD

Restart Excel and make some changes. Excel will create a new *.xlb file

Double-click to open it. Does this one have your changes?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:04:00 -0700, Griffinspc
wrote:

I have modified my Excel toolbars many times with no problem however on this
new machine at work with Office 2003 and all service packs, etc., the changes
I make are not retained when i close and open Excel. I've tried the Detect &
Repair and looked for any Office updates and all are current. Help.

Thanks for the reply. Interesting. I have no xlb file on this machine at all.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Customized changes to to menus and toolbars are saved in Excel11.xlb

Usual path is

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel

Your path may differ

Maybe you don't have permission to save to that folder

Search for Excell11.xlb using Windows search.

When found, re-name to Excel11.OLD

Restart Excel and make some changes. Excel will create a new *.xlb file

Double-click to open it. Does this one have your changes?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:04:00 -0700, Griffinspc
wrote:

I have modified my Excel toolbars many times with no problem however on this
new machine at work with Office 2003 and all service packs, etc., the changes
I make are not retained when i close and open Excel. I've tried the Detect &
Repair and looked for any Office updates and all are current. Help.

You must have one.

In My ComputerToolsFolder OptionsView do you have "hide extensions for
known file types" checkmarked.

Uncheck and try a search for *.xlb


Gord

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:51:03 -0700, Griffinspc
wrote:

Thanks for the reply. Interesting. I have no xlb file on this machine at all.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Customized changes to to menus and toolbars are saved in Excel11.xlb

Usual path is

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel

Your path may differ

Maybe you don't have permission to save to that folder

Search for Excell11.xlb using Windows search.

When found, re-name to Excel11.OLD

Restart Excel and make some changes. Excel will create a new *.xlb file

Double-click to open it. Does this one have your changes?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:04:00 -0700, Griffinspc
wrote:

I have modified my Excel toolbars many times with no problem however on this
new machine at work with Office 2003 and all service packs, etc., the changes
I make are not retained when i close and open Excel. I've tried the Detect &
Repair and looked for any Office updates and all are current. Help.

I do have one. Weird when searching for either the full name or *.xlb it
doesn't find it but navigating to it does so with that I renamed it OLD and
made some obvious changes and closed Excel. I waited and opened it and had a
brief glimpse of my changes; Close and Save As in text so it would be easy to
spot and then the Toolbar flashed and went back to the default. But if I open
the new Excel11.xlb file it has my changes. Color me stumped.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

You must have one.

In My ComputerToolsFolder OptionsView do you have "hide extensions for
known file types" checkmarked.

Uncheck and try a search for *.xlb


Gord

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:51:03 -0700, Griffinspc
wrote:

Thanks for the reply. Interesting. I have no xlb file on this machine at all.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Customized changes to to menus and toolbars are saved in Excel11.xlb

Usual path is

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel

Your path may differ

Maybe you don't have permission to save to that folder

Search for Excell11.xlb using Windows search.

When found, re-name to Excel11.OLD

Restart Excel and make some changes. Excel will create a new *.xlb file

Double-click to open it. Does this one have your changes?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:04:00 -0700, Griffinspc
wrote:

I have modified my Excel toolbars many times with no problem however on this
new machine at work with Office 2003 and all service packs, etc., the changes
I make are not retained when i close and open Excel. I've tried the Detect &
Repair and looked for any Office updates and all are current. Help.

You haven't found all of them yet.

Maybe this will help:

Close excel

Windows Start button|Run
type:
CMD
(to get to the Command prompt)

C:
(to get to the C: drive--change this to the drive that excel is installed on)

cd\
(to get to the root directory)

dir *.xlb /s

The /s says to search subfolders, too.

Make a note of the locations of the found files and then delete those files.

Then try modifying your toolbar again, close excel and reopen to see if the
changes are still there.

Griffinspc wrote:

I have modified my Excel toolbars many times with no problem however on this
new machine at work with Office 2003 and all service packs, etc., the changes
I make are not retained when i close and open Excel. I've tried the Detect &
Repair and looked for any Office updates and all are current. Help.

--

Dave Peterson

Only one found in the command line search in the same location. I deleted it
again and made a few changes to the toolbar, closed excel. checked the xlb
file and the toolbar shows my changes. Closed it and opened Excel and no
changes. It seemed logical that there was a 2nd xbl file but no luck. So
where is my Excel pointing?

Would it do me any good to uninstall Excel and reinstall or is this a
registry issue so the new install will be looking at the same file? I've had
to delete the normal.dot file before in Word and had noting like this happen.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You haven't found all of them yet.

Maybe this will help:

Close excel

Windows Start button|Run
type:
CMD
(to get to the Command prompt)

C:
(to get to the C: drive--change this to the drive that excel is installed on)

cd\
(to get to the root directory)

dir *.xlb /s

The /s says to search subfolders, too.

Make a note of the locations of the found files and then delete those files.

Then try modifying your toolbar again, close excel and reopen to see if the
changes are still there.

Griffinspc wrote:

I have modified my Excel toolbars many times with no problem however on this
new machine at work with Office 2003 and all service packs, etc., the changes
I make are not retained when i close and open Excel. I've tried the Detect &
Repair and looked for any Office updates and all are current. Help.

--

Dave Peterson

Strange doin's

Maybe a permissions issue?

Before a re-install of Office try a re-register of Excel.

Close Excel first and On the Windows Taskbar

1) StartRun "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)OK.
2) StartRun "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)OK.

See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.

In that case StartRun "C:\yourpath\excel.exe" /regserver(quotes
required)OK.

Have your CD ready just in case you are asked for it.


Gord

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:15:02 -0700, Griffinspc
wrote:

Only one found in the command line search in the same location. I deleted it
again and made a few changes to the toolbar, closed excel. checked the xlb
file and the toolbar shows my changes. Closed it and opened Excel and no
changes. It seemed logical that there was a 2nd xbl file but no luck. So
where is my Excel pointing?

Would it do me any good to uninstall Excel and reinstall or is this a
registry issue so the new install will be looking at the same file? I've had
to delete the normal.dot file before in Word and had noting like this happen.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You haven't found all of them yet.

Maybe this will help:

Close excel

Windows Start button|Run
type:
CMD
(to get to the Command prompt)

C:
(to get to the C: drive--change this to the drive that excel is installed on)

cd\
(to get to the root directory)

dir *.xlb /s

The /s says to search subfolders, too.

Make a note of the locations of the found files and then delete those files.

Then try modifying your toolbar again, close excel and reopen to see if the
changes are still there.

Griffinspc wrote:

I have modified my Excel toolbars many times with no problem however on this
new machine at work with Office 2003 and all service packs, etc., the changes
I make are not retained when i close and open Excel. I've tried the Detect &
Repair and looked for any Office updates and all are current. Help.

--

Dave Peterson

Reinstalling excel won't help.

*.xlb is one of the files that excel knows not to destroy when you
uninstall/reinstall.

I'm betting that you still haven't found all of them yet.

Search again and delete the ones you find.

But then use windows search for a folder named XLStart (depending on your
upgrade path, you may have multiple XLStart folders, too!).

Then open those folders to see if you have *.xlb files in any of those.

Griffinspc wrote:

Only one found in the command line search in the same location. I deleted it
again and made a few changes to the toolbar, closed excel. checked the xlb
file and the toolbar shows my changes. Closed it and opened Excel and no
changes. It seemed logical that there was a 2nd xbl file but no luck. So
where is my Excel pointing?

Would it do me any good to uninstall Excel and reinstall or is this a
registry issue so the new install will be looking at the same file? I've had
to delete the normal.dot file before in Word and had noting like this happen.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You haven't found all of them yet.

Maybe this will help:

Close excel

Windows Start button|Run
type:
CMD
(to get to the Command prompt)

C:
(to get to the C: drive--change this to the drive that excel is installed on)

cd\
(to get to the root directory)

dir *.xlb /s

The /s says to search subfolders, too.

Make a note of the locations of the found files and then delete those files.

Then try modifying your toolbar again, close excel and reopen to see if the
changes are still there.

Griffinspc wrote:

I have modified my Excel toolbars many times with no problem however on this
new machine at work with Office 2003 and all service packs, etc., the changes
I make are not retained when i close and open Excel. I've tried the Detect &
Repair and looked for any Office updates and all are current. Help.

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

OK, tried both Gord's and Dave's last suggestions. No luck with either. It
seems weirder and weirder. I found one other XLSTART folder but it was empty
and I'm obviously stumped.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Reinstalling excel won't help.

*.xlb is one of the files that excel knows not to destroy when you
uninstall/reinstall.

I'm betting that you still haven't found all of them yet.

Search again and delete the ones you find.

But then use windows search for a folder named XLStart (depending on your
upgrade path, you may have multiple XLStart folders, too!).

Then open those folders to see if you have *.xlb files in any of those.

Griffinspc wrote:

Only one found in the command line search in the same location. I deleted it
again and made a few changes to the toolbar, closed excel. checked the xlb
file and the toolbar shows my changes. Closed it and opened Excel and no
changes. It seemed logical that there was a 2nd xbl file but no luck. So
where is my Excel pointing?

Would it do me any good to uninstall Excel and reinstall or is this a
registry issue so the new install will be looking at the same file? I've had
to delete the normal.dot file before in Word and had noting like this happen.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You haven't found all of them yet.

Maybe this will help:

Close excel

Windows Start button|Run
type:
CMD
(to get to the Command prompt)

C:
(to get to the C: drive--change this to the drive that excel is installed on)

cd\
(to get to the root directory)

dir *.xlb /s

The /s says to search subfolders, too.

Make a note of the locations of the found files and then delete those files.

Then try modifying your toolbar again, close excel and reopen to see if the
changes are still there.

Griffinspc wrote:

I have modified my Excel toolbars many times with no problem however on this
new machine at work with Office 2003 and all service packs, etc., the changes
I make are not retained when i close and open Excel. I've tried the Detect &
Repair and looked for any Office updates and all are current. Help.

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

Except for looking again, I'm out of suggestions.

Griffinspc wrote:

OK, tried both Gord's and Dave's last suggestions. No luck with either. It
seems weirder and weirder. I found one other XLSTART folder but it was empty
and I'm obviously stumped.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Reinstalling excel won't help.

*.xlb is one of the files that excel knows not to destroy when you
uninstall/reinstall.

I'm betting that you still haven't found all of them yet.

Search again and delete the ones you find.

But then use windows search for a folder named XLStart (depending on your
upgrade path, you may have multiple XLStart folders, too!).

Then open those folders to see if you have *.xlb files in any of those.

Griffinspc wrote:

Only one found in the command line search in the same location. I deleted it
again and made a few changes to the toolbar, closed excel. checked the xlb
file and the toolbar shows my changes. Closed it and opened Excel and no
changes. It seemed logical that there was a 2nd xbl file but no luck. So
where is my Excel pointing?

Would it do me any good to uninstall Excel and reinstall or is this a
registry issue so the new install will be looking at the same file? I've had
to delete the normal.dot file before in Word and had noting like this happen.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You haven't found all of them yet.

Maybe this will help:

Close excel

Windows Start button|Run
type:
CMD
(to get to the Command prompt)

C:
(to get to the C: drive--change this to the drive that excel is installed on)

cd\
(to get to the root directory)

dir *.xlb /s

The /s says to search subfolders, too.

Make a note of the locations of the found files and then delete those files.

Then try modifying your toolbar again, close excel and reopen to see if the
changes are still there.

Griffinspc wrote:

I have modified my Excel toolbars many times with no problem however on this
new machine at work with Office 2003 and all service packs, etc., the changes
I make are not retained when i close and open Excel. I've tried the Detect &
Repair and looked for any Office updates and all are current. Help.

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson