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When I open excel it goes through all the files and folders in the My
Documents folder including .doc files. I get message .doc files not
compatible. How can I get excel to start only opening last 3 excel files
instead of all file types in the specified path??

Rose

Excel will attempt to open all files in the Toolsgt;Optionsgt;General

quot;at start up, open all files inquot;

You must leave this dialog blank unless you want the files to start up from
there.

Can you get Excel opened far enough to edit this dialog?

If not, you must delete/change it through the Windows Registry.

Startgt;Run regedit

Scroll to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel\Options

Select the AltStartUp key in right-hand window and quot;Modifyquot;

I would just delete for now.

Close the registry and open Excel.Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:30:04 -0800, Rose M lt;Rose gt;
wrote:

gt;When I open excel it goes through all the files and folders in the My
gt;Documents folder including .doc files. I get message .doc files not
gt;compatible. How can I get excel to start only opening last 3 excel files
gt;instead of all file types in the specified path??