Microsoft KB Archive/179858

= XL98: Alternate Startup File Location Box Is Cleared =

Article ID: 179858

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q179858



SYMPTOMS
After you enter an alternate startup file location in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, the next time you check the Alternate Startup File Location box, it is blank.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you enter a path to a folder that does not exist in the Alternate Startup File Location box.



WORKAROUND
To workaround this behavior, create the folder you want to use before you enter the path to the folder in the Alternate Startup File Location box.

For example, to create an alternate startup folder, follow these steps:
 * 1) Double-click the hard disk.
 * 2) On the File menu, click New Folder. Type Test to name the folder. Press RETURN.

Note the path to the folder. For example, if the hard disk is named "Harddrive," the path is Harddrive:Test.

NOTE: You can also check the path by double-clicking the folder, and then clicking Get Info on the File menu. The path to the folder is the the text that appears after the "Where" label followed by the folder name that is listed next to the folder at the top of the dialog box.
 * 1) Start Microsoft Excel 98.
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Preferences. Click the General tab. In the Alternate Startup File Location box, type the path to the folder that you created in step 2. Click OK.



STATUS
This behavior is by design in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition



MORE INFORMATION
The changes you make to the alternate startup file location do not take effect until you restart Excel.

