PERSONAL.xlsb not opening automatically

For some reason, my PERSONAL.xlsb file is no longer opening automatically.

I've checked the Trust Center and the file location (C:\Users[user]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART) is a Trusted Location. I have also checked that the file is not a Disabled Add-in.

What am I missing here? I can manually open the .xlsb every time I open excel and run the scripts via the visual basic editor, but the quickaccess buttons no longer work.

How can I get PERSONAL.xlsb to open automatically again?

aLearningLady

Posted 2016-05-31T15:57:44.937

Reputation: 213

Answers

Sometimes a Personal workbook gets disabled.

Try this in Office 2016;

File>> Options>> Add-ins

Go to manage (bottom of box) and choose Disabled Items

If your personal.xlsb file is in the list, select it and click on the enable button

Restart Excel

mooseman

Posted 2016-05-31T15:57:44.937

Reputation: 215

Holy smokes, Batman. I could kiss you. – aLearningLady – 2017-02-10T20:44:17.567

1You are welcome. But if that doesn't work, you may have to rename you personal.xlsb file and create a new one, then copy your macros to the newly created personal workbook. – mooseman – 2017-02-13T16:33:21.803

This solved the issue for me, too. Pretty well-hidden, this setting. Would not have found it in hours. – Christian Geiselmann – 2018-06-15T16:20:04.273

I had the same situation as OP in that I could not externally launch macros in my personal.xlsb file, but could open the file manually and run the macros without any issue. My Tusted Location setting were also unchanged and still in order.

What happened: My personal.xlsb file became unloaded while working (not sure how). All my Addon & Trust settings were correct. Closing and re-opening Excel would not reload my personal.xlsb file. I realized after opening and closing Excel several times that the Task was not ending and I was stuck in the same instance of Excel.

The solution: Ended EXCEL.EXE from the Task Manager, opened a new workbook and my personal.xlsb file launched normally.

Alex

Posted 2016-05-31T15:57:44.937

Reputation: 51

I tried restarting excel a few times with no luck. For me, I had to close every office app, then restart excel for personal.xlsb to once again open on excel startup.

Jordan B

Posted 2016-05-31T15:57:44.937

Reputation: 11

So, are you saying that closing every Office app and then restarting Excel *reliably* solves the problem? Have you tested it “a few times”? – Scott – 2018-04-11T21:02:35.433

I had to recreate a personal.xlsb and copy all of the (89) macros back to it. It worked fine on Excel 2013, but the same file with the same macros would not load automatically in Excel 2016 though I could manually open it without any problem. Once I recreated it, it auto loaded when Excel started as it should have.

DavidB

Posted 2016-05-31T15:57:44.937

Reputation: 1