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Occasionally, non .xls files open when I start up Excel. I can close them,
but how do I delete them from Excel start up. And what am I doing to cause
them (.jpg, .wmv, .pdf, etc) from lodging in Excel?

Could be that they are Add-ins..........do Tools gt; Add-ins gt; and uncheck
anything you dont want to start up automatically........Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

quot;Twoheatquot; wrote:

gt; Occasionally, non .xls files open when I start up Excel. I can close them,
gt; but how do I delete them from Excel start up. And what am I doing to cause
gt; them (.jpg, .wmv, .pdf, etc) from lodging in Excel?

There's a spot where you can specify a folder that will have all the files
opened each time you start excel.

Check under
tools|options|general tab|
look for the quot;at startup, open all files in:quot; box and erase anything you find
there--in the box--not in that actual folder.

In earlier versions of excel, that box was labeled quot;alternate startup file
locationquot; (or something like that).

But this would happen much more than occasionally.

If that doesn't solve the problem...

Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors at:
www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes at:
www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.htm
Twoheat wrote:
gt;
gt; Occasionally, non .xls files open when I start up Excel. I can close them,
gt; but how do I delete them from Excel start up. And what am I doing to cause
gt; them (.jpg, .wmv, .pdf, etc) from lodging in Excel?

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Dave Peterson