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Excel 97 opens multiple docs and crashes

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by tim2217

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Whenever I try to open Excel 97, many Excel documents try to open with it repeatedly, instantly, until the program crashes. Any ideas?

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by dklippert

Take a look at what is in your XLSTART folder. One common problem is WinFax Pro files, Msexcel4.xlm and Msexcel5.xls.
Rename or delete files in XLstart and the problem should go away.

by tim2217

Found the problem. It turns the system was loaded with a 0KB file called MSCreate.dir. 62 files scattered everywhere, including in the XLStart, Startup, Xlators files within Program Files> Microsoft Office... Deleted all the MSCreate.dir files using find files and rebooted. Problem resolved. Thanks for your quick response. Much appreciated!

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