Hi again. Same thing with a new file, in safe mode.

No xlb files at all found on my PC... (what's an xlb file? Don't recognise that one. My Excel files themselves are .xls....).

M.

Hi,

There must be an xlb file. It's the file that contains the custom definitions for all of your Excel menus and commandbars. There's a small chance that a corrupted xlb file is causing the problem so I suggested deleting it, which will cause a new, default one to be created when you next open Excel.

Try expanding your search to incorporate hidden folders?

Hi. My searches are set to include hidden files by default (and I tested that hidden files are indeed found), but no xlb file is found on my PC - I have a second PC with Office, with Win XP this time. There I can find an xlb file, but not on my Win7 PC. Does Office install different files on a Win7 (64-bit) PC??? Maybe the MS Office version I have (XP) doesn't work properly in Win7 64-bit?

I have reinstalled Office once more just in case - no xlb file to be found. What folder should it be in in Win7? Nothing found in the Program folders or in the roaming folder.

Martin