Items in disabled items list - unknown excel addins causing probs

On a particular workstation (Excel 2002) Excel is opening several Excel files
of unknown origin and saying there has been an error opening some addin and
to Check the About Excel Disabled Items list. Is this being caused by a
virus? I unchecked all addins and don't have anything in XLstart or in
XLator except for PP4X322.DLL and PP7X32.DLL which are present in all the
workstations in my department. Is there a fix for this or do I have to
re-install Office2002 on this machine?

Thanks,
Rich

Why not try what it says.

go to Excel Help menu, click on About Microsoft Office Excel and on the
dialog in the lower right, click on disabled items.

Try enabling them if it appears appropriate.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On a particular workstation (Excel 2002) Excel is opening several Excel
files
> of unknown origin and saying there has been an error opening some addin
and
> to Check the About Excel Disabled Items list. Is this being caused by a
> virus? I unchecked all addins and don't have anything in XLstart or in
> XLator except for PP4X322.DLL and PP7X32.DLL which are present in all the
> workstations in my department. Is there a fix for this or do I have to
> re-install Office2002 on this machine?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich

I tried that. The thing is that when I turn on Excel, it will automatically
start opening up all these workbooks and give some error messages about some
addins that are not available, and then there is some dialog box with a list
of Addin files that I have to click on an OK button to open. All I want to
do is to open up Excel to a New workbook. And then click on the Open Icon to
open up a saved workbook. Why are all these other workbooks being opened? I
also ran Detect and Repair. I wonder if I need to rebuild my workstation, or
re-install Office2002.

Thanks for your reply.



"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

> Why not try what it says.
>
> go to Excel Help menu, click on About Microsoft Office Excel and on the
> dialog in the lower right, click on disabled items.
>
> Try enabling them if it appears appropriate.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Tom Ogilvy
>
>
> "Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On a particular workstation (Excel 2002) Excel is opening several Excel
> files
> > of unknown origin and saying there has been an error opening some addin
> and
> > to Check the About Excel Disabled Items list. Is this being caused by a
> > virus? I unchecked all addins and don't have anything in XLstart or in
> > XLator except for PP4X322.DLL and PP7X32.DLL which are present in all the
> > workstations in my department. Is there a fix for this or do I have to
> > re-install Office2002 on this machine?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rich
>
>
>

After you get excel open, look in Tools=>Options, general tab.

Look at your alternate start directory or in later versions "at start up,
open all files in"

If you have an entry here, that might be the source of your problem. Delete
that entry if it isn't appropriate.

If that doesn't fix it, then

Also, any file in you xlstart directory is loaded at startup. there may be
mutliple directories with this name in xl2002. Look in these directories
and see what files are there. Any file there is opened when excel is
started. You can move them somewhere else if they do not appear
appropriate.

Another think to check is in Tools=>Addins. Do you have a bunch of addins
checked in this dialog? If so, uncheck those you don't need or don't
recognize.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy



"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I tried that. The thing is that when I turn on Excel, it will
automatically
> start opening up all these workbooks and give some error messages about
some
> addins that are not available, and then there is some dialog box with a
list
> of Addin files that I have to click on an OK button to open. All I want
to
> do is to open up Excel to a New workbook. And then click on the Open Icon
to
> open up a saved workbook. Why are all these other workbooks being opened?
I
> also ran Detect and Repair. I wonder if I need to rebuild my workstation,
or
> re-install Office2002.
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
>
>
> "Tom Ogilvy" wrote:
>
> > Why not try what it says.
> >
> > go to Excel Help menu, click on About Microsoft Office Excel and on
the
> > dialog in the lower right, click on disabled items.
> >
> > Try enabling them if it appears appropriate.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Tom Ogilvy
> >
> >
> > "Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > On a particular workstation (Excel 2002) Excel is opening several
Excel
> > files
> > > of unknown origin and saying there has been an error opening some
addin
> > and
> > > to Check the About Excel Disabled Items list. Is this being caused
by a
> > > virus? I unchecked all addins and don't have anything in XLstart or
in
> > > XLator except for PP4X322.DLL and PP7X32.DLL which are present in all
the
> > > workstations in my department. Is there a fix for this or do I have
to
> > > re-install Office2002 on this machine?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rich
> >
> >
> >

Thanks very much. That was exactly the problem.

"at start up, open all files in"

So I emptied out that line. Now everything is back to normal.

Thanks again for your help.

Rich

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

> After you get excel open, look in Tools=>Options, general tab.
>
> Look at your alternate start directory or in later versions "at start up,
> open all files in"
>
> If you have an entry here, that might be the source of your problem. Delete
> that entry if it isn't appropriate.
>
> If that doesn't fix it, then
>
> Also, any file in you xlstart directory is loaded at startup. there may be
> mutliple directories with this name in xl2002. Look in these directories
> and see what files are there. Any file there is opened when excel is
> started. You can move them somewhere else if they do not appear
> appropriate.
>
> Another think to check is in Tools=>Addins. Do you have a bunch of addins
> checked in this dialog? If so, uncheck those you don't need or don't
> recognize.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Tom Ogilvy
>
>
>
> "Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I tried that. The thing is that when I turn on Excel, it will
> automatically
> > start opening up all these workbooks and give some error messages about
> some
> > addins that are not available, and then there is some dialog box with a
> list
> > of Addin files that I have to click on an OK button to open. All I want
> to
> > do is to open up Excel to a New workbook. And then click on the Open Icon
> to
> > open up a saved workbook. Why are all these other workbooks being opened?
> I
> > also ran Detect and Repair. I wonder if I need to rebuild my workstation,
> or
> > re-install Office2002.
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Tom Ogilvy" wrote:
> >
> > > Why not try what it says.
> > >
> > > go to Excel Help menu, click on About Microsoft Office Excel and on
> the
> > > dialog in the lower right, click on disabled items.
> > >
> > > Try enabling them if it appears appropriate.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Tom Ogilvy
> > >
> > >
> > > "Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > On a particular workstation (Excel 2002) Excel is opening several
> Excel
> > > files
> > > > of unknown origin and saying there has been an error opening some
> addin
> > > and
> > > > to Check the About Excel Disabled Items list. Is this being caused
> by a
> > > > virus? I unchecked all addins and don't have anything in XLstart or
> in
> > > > XLator except for PP4X322.DLL and PP7X32.DLL which are present in all
> the
> > > > workstations in my department. Is there a fix for this or do I have
> to
> > > > re-install Office2002 on this machine?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Rich
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>