Excel opens a blank workbook every time it's launched

    Hello all,


    Every time I start Excel (whether just the application itself, or a specific workbook) it opens a blank workbook instead of just starting the application. Anyone had the same issue? I've tried a few things (playing with Advanced options etc) but nothing seemed to be directly related to the issue. Would appreciate any help.


    UPD: the advanced options feature I was looking at is under File => Options => Advanced> General => At startup, open all files in...

    Re: Excel opens a blank workbook every time it's launched


    Quote from rollis13;758714

    Which version of Excel are you using ?


    Excel 2010 (32 bit), running Windows 7.

    Re: Excel opens a blank workbook every time it's launched


    Find your XLSTART Folder and see if there are files in it. It's a hidden folder.
    You probably will find two locations:
    C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\XLSTART
    In the case, with Excel closed, have a try renaming the file/files.

    Re: Excel opens a blank workbook every time it's launched


    thanks rollis 13, unfortunately that didn't do the trick. I found two folders, both containing several files. I've tried both removing the files and changing their names - that didn't make a difference.

    Re: Excel opens a blank workbook every time it's launched


    Quote from rollis13;758729

    Sorry, no other idea :-(.


    thanks for giving it a shot anyway!

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