Hi,

I have some templates saved as .xls files on a network share, and this folder is linked through the User Templates setting in Office 2000.

When I do File - New in Excel, and select a template to open (eg X1000.xls), it opens then closes straight away. If I rename the file to X-1000.xls, it opens and stays open... I don't want to change the filenames as they are corporate forms that are linked to our procedures.

Does anybody know why Excel is closing the file based on the filename? I have tried saving the file as an xlt, but the same applies.

Thanks.