morland Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Recently made the mistake of switching from Office 2003 to Office 2007 and life has been pretty frustrating since then Here's another problem: When I go to Start | New Microsoft Office Document | General Tab | Blank WorkbookExcel pops up almost right away but after about 10 seconds (which in my opinion is a big delay) a dialog box (shown in the attached image) pops upFor now I just press on the OK button and start a new Excel file but how can I get rid of this problem once and for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morland Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Problem Solved (I think) I downloaded to install SP2 for Office2007 but decided to search one last time before installing the SP2.Luckily I came across a solution (shared below for benefit of all members) and the solution basically boiled down to deleting PERSONAL.XLS. Please see details below:Background: The new XLSTART folder for Office 2007 is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\XLSTART But, if you upgraded from a previous version, there may still be a personal macro workbook called “PERSONAL.XLS” located in the old location: C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTARTFix: To correct the delayed file opening problem, just delete the old PERSONAL.XLS file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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