Trying to Convert Personal.xls 2003 to 2010

[timbo1957]

Hi,

I am trying to follow these instructions as found on the Internet to convert my 2003 personal.xls workbook to a 2010 version.

Convert Your Personal Workbook

Before you create any new macros in your Excel 2010 personal workbook, open the Personal.xls workbook you backed up earlier in Excel 2010. Go to File and select Save As . Press Browse and choose the following directory as your storage location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE14\XLSTART. The directory may vary based on the installation location you chose when you installed Excel 2010. However, be sure to name the workbook Personal , save it using the default Excel 2010 extension and store it in the XLSTART folder. This will allow you to use all your saved macros in Excel 2010 workbooks and spreadsheets like you did in Excel 2003.

The trouble is when I try and save it to this location I get a message saying only the Administrator can access this folder. I don't know how to mess around with the Administrator settings can anyone help please?

[JosephP]

I suggest you save it in your user XLSTART folder instead. for win7 that'll be something like c:\users\username\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel\xlstart