Book1 changes itself?

I moved book.xlt and personal.xls on to another drive, but it made no
difference.

To my knowledge, there's nothing at all in book.xlt. It's supposed to be
just a blank sheet.


"Dave Peterson" <ec35720@netscapeXSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:427603AB.F4C3D629@netscapeXSPAM.com...
> If you move personal.xls and book.xlt out of your xlstart folder, do you
get the
> same prompt?
>
> If no, put one of them back and restart excel.
>
> If that works, put the other back and test it out.
>
> ===
> Do you have any worksheet functions in book.xlt? (Like =now() or
=today()?)
>
> Brian wrote:
> >
> > No, it's XL97 and I've never upgraded.
> >
> > "Dave Peterson" <ec35720@netscapeXSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > news:427553DD.B5A5405F@netscapeXSPAM.com...
> > > Have you upgraded to a new version of excel?
> > >
> > > If you have, try opening book.xlt and saving it. Then test it out.
> > >
> > > Brian wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hmmm. I don't know quite what I did, but the recalculation now comes
up
> > > > Automatic each time. However, that happened before I tried anything
with
> > > > personal.xls.
> > > >
> > > > I tried renaming personal.xls, and it had the effect that when XL
opened
> > > > there was no blank sheet.
> > > >
> > > > It still prompts me to save the changes to Book1 if I want, even if
I
> > > > haven't done anything since opening XL.
> > > >
> > > > "Dave Peterson" <ec35720@netscapeXSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:427513AD.77029B24@netscapeXSPAM.com...
> > > > > The workbook template in XLStart should be named book.xlt (not
> > book1.xlt).
> > > > >
> > > > > When you recreate this template workbook, make sure you save it
with
> > > > calculation
> > > > > set to automatic.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you have a personal.xls workbook in your XLStart folder? If
yes,
> > open
> > > > that
> > > > > and save it (again with calculation set to automatic).
> > > > >
> > > > > Excel uses the first workbook it opens in that session to
determine
> > how
> > > > the
> > > > > calculation mode should be set for that session.
> > > > >
> > > > > That might be enough to clear up that #1 problem, too.
> > > > >
> > > > > Brian wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have used XL97 on Windows 2000 for a long time. Just lately,
XL
> > has
> > > > > > changed its behaviour, and I can't work out why. There are 2
> > problems,
> > > > but
> > > > > > they didn't start at the same time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. If I open XL and then immediately close it again, without
doing
> > > > anything,
> > > > > > it asks me do I want to save the changes to Book1? What changes
to
> > > > Book1?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2. Whenever I start XL, re-calculation is set to manual. This is
> > true
> > > > even
> > > > > > if I finish the previous session by re-setting the previous
> > spreadsheet
> > > > to
> > > > > > automatic re-calculation and saving it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I tried saving different versions of Book1.xlt and in the end I
> > deleted
> > > > > > Book*.xl?. It made no difference.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any suggestions would be welcome.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > > Dave Peterson
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Dave Peterson
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson

Maybe you have an addin that changes something.

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

Essentially, you move all of the stuff out of XLStart and you turn off all the
addins under Toools|addins.

Then you start adding things back one at a time and testing each time to see if
the problem is fixed. When you add something back that causes the problem to
come back, you'll have to decide what to do with that addin.



Brian wrote:
>
> I moved book.xlt and personal.xls on to another drive, but it made no
> difference.
>
> To my knowledge, there's nothing at all in book.xlt. It's supposed to be
> just a blank sheet.
>
> "Dave Peterson" <ec35720@netscapeXSPAM.com> wrote in message
> news:427603AB.F4C3D629@netscapeXSPAM.com...
> > If you move personal.xls and book.xlt out of your xlstart folder, do you
> get the
> > same prompt?
> >
> > If no, put one of them back and restart excel.
> >
> > If that works, put the other back and test it out.
> >
> > ===
> > Do you have any worksheet functions in book.xlt? (Like =now() or
> =today()?)
> >
> > Brian wrote:
> > >
> > > No, it's XL97 and I've never upgraded.
> > >
> > > "Dave Peterson" <ec35720@netscapeXSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > > news:427553DD.B5A5405F@netscapeXSPAM.com...
> > > > Have you upgraded to a new version of excel?
> > > >
> > > > If you have, try opening book.xlt and saving it. Then test it out.
> > > >
> > > > Brian wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hmmm. I don't know quite what I did, but the recalculation now comes
> up
> > > > > Automatic each time. However, that happened before I tried anything
> with
> > > > > personal.xls.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried renaming personal.xls, and it had the effect that when XL
> opened
> > > > > there was no blank sheet.
> > > > >
> > > > > It still prompts me to save the changes to Book1 if I want, even if
> I
> > > > > haven't done anything since opening XL.
> > > > >
> > > > > "Dave Peterson" <ec35720@netscapeXSPAM.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:427513AD.77029B24@netscapeXSPAM.com...
> > > > > > The workbook template in XLStart should be named book.xlt (not
> > > book1.xlt).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When you recreate this template workbook, make sure you save it
> with
> > > > > calculation
> > > > > > set to automatic.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Do you have a personal.xls workbook in your XLStart folder? If
> yes,
> > > open
> > > > > that
> > > > > > and save it (again with calculation set to automatic).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Excel uses the first workbook it opens in that session to
> determine
> > > how
> > > > > the
> > > > > > calculation mode should be set for that session.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That might be enough to clear up that #1 problem, too.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Brian wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have used XL97 on Windows 2000 for a long time. Just lately,
> XL
> > > has
> > > > > > > changed its behaviour, and I can't work out why. There are 2
> > > problems,
> > > > > but
> > > > > > > they didn't start at the same time.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1. If I open XL and then immediately close it again, without
> doing
> > > > > anything,
> > > > > > > it asks me do I want to save the changes to Book1? What changes
> to
> > > > > Book1?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2. Whenever I start XL, re-calculation is set to manual. This is
> > > true
> > > > > even
> > > > > > > if I finish the previous session by re-setting the previous
> > > spreadsheet
> > > > > to
> > > > > > > automatic re-calculation and saving it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I tried saving different versions of Book1.xlt and in the end I
> > > deleted
> > > > > > > Book*.xl?. It made no difference.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Any suggestions would be welcome.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Dave Peterson
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Dave Peterson
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dave Peterson

--

Dave Peterson