Start Up Switch Being Ignored

**Crispy99** · 07-23-2010, 09:33 AM

I have an Excel 2003 workbook that is being invoked from a shortcut. The Short cut has the following target:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\TEMP\Application.xls" /e/PREFIX/C:\TEMP

Within Application.xls, I have some VBA code that reads the command line string and extracts the parameter list:

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This works fine on more than one workstation here, but when the same process is run at another site, the startup switch is missing from the command line.

Does anybody know of any reason why this may be happening?

**romperstomper** · 07-23-2010, 09:41 AM

Hi, and welcome to the forum.
In future, when posting code, please enclose it in code tags to improve legibility (and comply with forum rules). I've done it for you on this occasion.

First question: are all workstations using the same version of Office/Windows including SPs?

**Crispy99** · 07-23-2010, 09:48 AM

Thanks for that.

Yes, all workstations are using the same versions.

**romperstomper** · 07-23-2010, 10:00 AM

And the startup shortcuts are definitely all the same - no spaces at all following the /e?

**Crispy99** · 07-27-2010, 04:44 AM

That's right. Everything seems to be identical across all workstations. I can't spot anything obviously wrong. All I can think is that it's something in the way that Excel has been installed, but I'm just guessing.