XLStart has stopped!

[Brian]

I have been using Excel daily, with the current configuration, for many
months. I had it set up to open on one particular worksheet but on starting
Excel today, I find that it will only open with Book1. I can still open the
file manually but I cannot get it to open automatically.
On checking the XLStart folder in Office, the shortcut to my usual startup
sheet is still there. I even tried deleting it, exiting and then putting it
back but that does no good. The shortcut does work so that is not the
problem.
There are XLStart folder in the Documents and Settings and Office10 folders
so I tried putting the shortcut there but without success.
I tried 'Detect and Repair' but that made no difference.
This is driving me mad. Can anyone offer any suggestions as to what could
have gone wrong?
As far as I know, I have not consciously changed any settings.

Thanks,

Brian

 

[BrianB]

The file itself has to be saved in XLSTART, not just the shortcut to th
file

 

[Brian]

The file itself has to be saved in XLSTART, not just the shortcut to the
file.

Sorry but I don't agree. That is just an alternative. Have a look at the
Help files. In any case, I have not changed anything.

Brian

 

[Dave Peterson]

I put my files (not shortcuts) in my XLStart and sometimes xl2002 (and xl2003?)
can mark a file as "disabled"--so it won't even try to start it up.

I've had that happen once with my personal.xla (and a few posters have had the
same trouble with their personal.xl* files).

Maybe it affected your shortcut.

Inside xl:
Help|about Microsoft Excel
Click on the "disabled items" button.

Did you find anything there that you can re-enable?

And if excel was correct, you may want to re-enable it and then put a backup
version in its place.

 

[Brian]

I put my files (not shortcuts) in my XLStart and sometimes xl2002 (and xl2003?)
can mark a file as "disabled"--so it won't even try to start it up.

I've had that happen once with my personal.xla (and a few posters have had the
same trouble with their personal.xl* files).

Maybe it affected your shortcut.

Inside xl:
Help|about Microsoft Excel
Click on the "disabled items" button.

Did you find anything there that you can re-enable?

And if excel was correct, you may want to re-enable it and then put a backup
version in its place.

That was the solution I needed! Many thanks!

Brian