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Excel 2019 not opening
NikolinoDE- Thanks so much for your suggestion. Late last night I had an idea which actually solved my problem. I knew exactly what had happened. I went into the Excel FIle, Options, Advanced, General menu section and changed "At startup open all files in." I changed the folder to where all my Excel files are stored. So when I restarted Excel, it actually tried to OPEN every one of my files at the same time. It just kept blinking and scrolling thru all the files. When it finally stopped, I could not access the File menu to reopen Options to undo the change. I chatted with an online MS Support tech, who did the online Office repair which did not work. He ran out of options and gave me the URL for MS Tech Community where I posted last night. This morning, I moved ALL my files out of that folder and reopened Excel. It opened up fine and I was able to go into the Options menu & delete the folder change I had made. Moved all my files back & Excel is now working properly. Anyway, thanks so much again for answering my post as I did not know what else to try.
I also wish you lots of success and fun with Excel
- As a side issue, do you happen to know the file name & folder location of where Excel stores it's Options settings?
- I'm not sure if this is what you mean ...
File> Options> Advanced> File Locations> select templates in the types box, and click Modify button.- No, I mean some way of editing options without having to open Excel. But thanks for getting back to me.