Microsoft KB Archive/78669

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XL: Files Whose Names Begin with &quot;Start&quot; Automatically Opened

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.x, 3.x, 4.x, 5.0, 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
 * Microsoft Excel for OS/2, versions 2.2, 3.0

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SUMMARY
When you launch Microsoft Excel, if there are any Microsoft Excel files (workbooks, worksheets, charts, etc.) whose names begin with the letters &quot;Start&quot; and that are stored in the same directory with the Microsoft Excel executable (Excel.exe), the files will automatically be opened by Microsoft Excel.

NOTE: This feature does not exist in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION
This feature applies to all files that have any of the following extensions:

  XLS   XLC   XLM   XLA   XLW

If there is more than one file in the directory whose name begins with the letters &quot;Start&quot;, the files will all open in the order that they were saved to the directory.