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Harvey Waxman - 24 Jan 2007 00:54 GMT

I have a corrupt file which freezes Excel (X) and I force quit. When I re-open
Excel by clicking a different file it opens that file but then it attempts to
open the corrupt file as well, requiring a force quit again.

Is there some way to prevent this behavior? I have trashed the offending file
but it seems that there should be a better solution.

Thanks

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JE McGimpsey - 24 Jan 2007 12:29 GMT

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> Is there some way to prevent this behavior? I have trashed the
> offending file but it seems that there should be a better solution.

XL's trying to open the AutoRecover version. To bypass this, start XL
with the shift key down, then close XL to delete any AutoRecover files.

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Harvey Waxman - 25 Jan 2007 04:16 GMT

> XL's trying to open the AutoRecover version. To bypass this, start XL
> with the shift key down, then close XL to delete any AutoRecover files.

Many thanks. I must have missed that in the 'help' files.

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