Excel ?!?!?

[Nathan Guidry]

When one of our users opens Excel XP, the floppy drives spins up. This only
happens with Excel and none of the other office applications. I cleard the
recent files from the registry, but the floppy drive still spins up with or
without a disk in it. I tried logging on with a different user account to
see if it was just her profile, but it did the same thing on the other
account. I'm at a loss as to why this happens only with excel and none of
the other office apps. Anyone have any ideas as to why this is? I even
checked the default working folder in option and it is set to her my
documents folder. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

[IanRoy]

Tools> Options> General
At startup, open all files in:
What do you see?

 

[Nathan Guidry]

It's empty.

 

[IanRoy]

Drat. I was hoping it'd be that easy. The only other things I can think of
right now are:

1) There is a switch in the in the Target box of the shortcut used to start
Excel, specifically this one: /p A: or something like that, in which case
the fix would be to delete that switch. Or perhaps A: is in the "Start in:"
box.

2) There is a macro doing that (but I know next to nothing about macros.)
From Help: To prevent macros from automatically running, hold down SHIFT
while you start Excel. Note: If you start Excel from the Office Shortcut
Bar, click the Microsoft Excel button on the Office Shortcut Bar first, and
then immediately hold down SHIFT while Excel starts.

 

[Nathan Guidry]

Thanks, I'll give that a try. If it doesn't work, I guess she'll have to
get used to it.