It is to my understanding that the personal.xls file is to be kept in the c:\program files\microsoft office\office\xlsstart folder as a hidden file. If I leave it as a hidden file, it does not start up when I start Excel. However, if I remove the hidden attribute, it works fine. Any ideas? It's supposed to be a hidden file.<br><br>
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Personal.XLS
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You don't give the property of hidden in Windows Explorer, you do it in Excel by hiding the workbook--Window-Hide. Save it, close Excel, say Yes, you want to save changes to personal.xls. Your are right, it should be in the xlstart folder. <br><br>When you open Excel, you should have "book1" open and if you go to Window-Unhide, the personal.xls file should be there for you to unhide, but you shouldn't unhide it.
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