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One way would be to create a shortcut for your desktop, here is how Excel Help lays out the steps to setting it up. Make a switch available for reuse by creating a shortcut First, verify the location of the Excel.exe file on your computer. If you accepted the default folder locations when you installed Excel, the Excel.exe file is probably located at: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Excel.exe If you do not find the Excel.exe file at that location, search for the file and make a note of the full path. - Right-click the Windows desktop, point to New, and then click Shortcut on the shortcut menu.
- In the Create Shortcut Wizard, in the Type the location of the item box, type a quotation mark ("), enter the full path for the Excel.exe file (including the file name), and then type a quotation mark. (Alternatively, click Browse to locate and select the file. In this case, the quotation marks are added automatically.)
- Following the closing quotation mark, type a space, and then type the switch and any parameters. If the parameter is a path to a location on your computer, and the path contains a space, it also must be enclosed in quotation marks. For example:
"c:\program files\microsoft office\office12\excel.exe" /r "c:\My Folder\book1.xlsx" - Click Next.
- In the Type a name for this shortcut box, type a name for the shortcut, and then click Finish.
The wizard creates the shortcut and places it on the desktop. - Whenever you want to start Excel in this particular customized way, double-click the shortcut.
Tip To add the desktop shortcut to the Windows Start menu, right-click the shortcut, and then click Pin to Start menu on the shortcut menu. You can create a variety of shortcuts, each of which applies different switches and parameters to the program at startup. Notes - Switches and parameters are not case-sensitive. For example, /R functions the same as /r.
- Remember to include one blank space before the switch and one before each parameter
Hope this helps! ------------------------------------------- Margaret Niederkohr CPS/CAP Owner, Humble Home Decor Caledonia, Ohio -------------------------------------------
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-30-2010 09:53:53 AM
From: Jennifer Martin
Subject: Launching an Excel file at start up
I use a daily log to log in /out all correspondence coming in and out of the director's office. I would like that log (Excel file) to open when I start up.
I recall you used to be able to put files in a folder, and they would start when you started up. I can't find anything.
Any hints/advice would be appreciated
Thanks!
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Jennifer Martin
Executive Administrative Assistant, City of Las Cruces
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