Excel 2003 start up help needed

Greeting everyone.
I have a really annoying problem and can't solve it for almost a week. I'm using Office 2003 in XP with SP3. Few days ago I imported csv files into Excel, after the import, everything was fine until I opened Excel next day and to my surprise it opened all those files I imported the day before. I started searching web and found the following solutions:
- remove any files in C:\Documents and Settings\Michael\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART and to my surprise, that folder was empty.
- start Excel with /e in target so I created a new shortcut by using the Excel.exe file and adding /e at the end of the target, still it opened with all those files I've imported previously.

It's really annoying, every single time I have to close 8 workbooks whenever I start up Excel. Anyone knows how to start up Excel without those annoying files/workbook?

Hi Michael, welcome to the forum.

In Excel Options (Tools > Options > General tab), do you have a folder entry listed next to "At Startup.. open all files in.."? If so, clear that textbox.

If that isn't it, do you have an AutoOpen or Workbook Open macro? Perhaps in a personal.xls file even?

Originally Posted by Paul

Hi Michael, welcome to the forum.

In Excel Options (Tools > Options > General tab), do you have a folder entry listed next to "At Startup.. open all files in.."? If so, clear that textbox.

If that isn't it, do you have an AutoOpen or Workbook Open macro? Perhaps in a personal.xls file even?

Thanks so much for your help, the problem was in the options, I really did have an entry in Tools > Options > General tab > At Startup.. open all files in..