XL5: Time to Start and Exit Microsoft Excel Seems Longer

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel version 5.0, you may notice it takes more time to start and exit the program than in earlier versions.

With a complete installation of Microsoft Excel, the following add-ins are loaded automatically when you start the program:

   MS Query Add-in
   Report Manager
   Solver Add-in
   View Manager

When you exit Microsoft Excel version 5.0, before control is completely returned to Microsoft Windows, the following things occur:

   Visual Basic files close
   OLE files close
   Microsoft Excel files close (such as add-ins)
   Microsoft Windows unloads .DLL's and EXCEL.EXE from memory.

WORKAROUND

To optimize the amount of time it takes to start and exit Microsoft Excel, you can remove the add-ins that are loaded automatically by doing the following:

1. From the Tools menu, choose Add-Ins.

2. In the Add-Ins Available list, clear the check box next to each add-in that you do not want loaded automatically when you start the program and choose OK.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about add-ins included with Microsoft Excel and installing or removing an add-in, choose the Search button in Help and type the following:

    add-ins