thanks,
You have to use regedit to edit this registry keys:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common\General]
"DoNotDismissFileNewTaskPane"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options]
"StartupDialog"=dword:00000000
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Regards Ron de Bruin
(Win XP Pro SP-1 XL2002 SP-2)
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