why is there no excel11.xlb file when I perform a search?

[chuckdtke]

I am working on my brothers machine and i suspect something is wrong wioth
his excel 11.xlb file. I looked for it by searching for all hidden files and
folders and none was found. I opened outlook with the impression that a new
one would be created upon entering excel but that is not the case. Anyone
have any ideas?

 

[Dave Peterson]

This file isn't like MSWord's Normal.dot.

excel11.xlb will only get created if the user makes a change to a toolbar. So
you may want to make a small change and then close excel and then look for
*.xlb.

And remember to look in system folders for hidden files, too.

With WinXP Home, my Excel11.xlb was found here:
C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel

 

[chuckdtke]

I did a file through the system folders that were hidden and found nothing. I
was under the impression that if you blew away an excel11.xlb file it would
automatically create a new one on startup of excel.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Try making a small change to a toolbar, close excel and look again.

I don't think your impression is correct--but you could test it pretty quickly.