Office 2007 Program Startup

My Vista OS crashed and had to be reloaded. I cannot remember how to code
Word, Excel and PowerPoint so they do not automatically open a new file every
time the application is started up. Can someone give me the correct coding?
For Excel I have inserted "c:\program files\microsoft
office\office12\powerpoint.exe /e" in the "start in" box but that doesn't
work. Please help if you can.

So what do you want/expect to open?
From the Win Btn>New Office Doc/Open Office Doc?

"Losing Patience" <> wrote in
message news:95A7CFE5-3030-4C70-92DC-...
> My Vista OS crashed and had to be reloaded. I cannot remember how to code
> Word, Excel and PowerPoint so they do not automatically open a new file
> every
> time the application is started up. Can someone give me the correct
> coding?
> For Excel I have inserted "c:\program files\microsoft
> office\office12\powerpoint.exe /e" in the "start in" box but that doesn't
> work. Please help if you can.

"Losing Patience" <> wrote in message
news:95A7CFE5-3030-4C70-92DC-...
> My Vista OS crashed and had to be reloaded. I cannot remember how to code
> Word, Excel and PowerPoint so they do not automatically open a new file every
> time the application is started up. Can someone give me the correct coding?
> For Excel I have inserted "c:\program files\microsoft
> office\office12\powerpoint.exe /e" in the "start in" box but that doesn't
> work. Please help if you can.


First off, if you haven't done so already, you might want to post this question
to an Office newsgroup.

Office Discussions Groups Home
http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx

That said, try using the /n switch for Word and the /e switch for Excel. The
target for your shortcut should be as follows.

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE" /n

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE" /e

For more info, take a look at these articles.

Command Line Switches for Microsoft Office Word 2007
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...640101033.aspx

Command Line Switches for Excel
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ex...580301033.aspx

You're on your own with PowerPoint. I couldn't find any resource that documents
how to open the program without a blank presentation.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

"Losing Patience" <> wrote in message
news:95A7CFE5-3030-4C70-92DC-...
> My Vista OS crashed and had to be reloaded. I cannot remember how to code
> Word, Excel and PowerPoint so they do not automatically open a new file every
> time the application is started up. Can someone give me the correct coding?
> For Excel I have inserted "c:\program files\microsoft
> office\office12\powerpoint.exe /e" in the "start in" box but that doesn't
> work. Please help if you can.


Following up on my earlier response, it looks like the switch to use with
PowerPoint is /CO. So that makes the target for your shortcut the following
command.

"CO:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\POWERPNT.EXE" /CO

Take a look at this article for more info.

Command-line Switches for PowerPoint 2007
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/po...538891033.aspx

Good luck

Nepatsfan