BET: Microsoft Excel Workbooks

Microsoft Excel > Workbooks > Startup Switches

	When you open Excel a lot of the settings are read from the Windows Registry, including details of any built-in add-ins that are currently installed.
	There are a number of command line switches that can also be used to affect the way that Excel starts.
	These switches can be added to the Properties of a shortcut that starts Excel.

/automation	Opens Excel ignoring any add-ins, templates or files that are in the "xlStart directory" and the "At start-up open all files in" directory.
/e	Opens Excel in Embedded mode which prevents the default workbook Book1 from being created.
/embedded	Same as above
/i	Opens Excel with a maximised window. Any previously saved window sizes are ignored.
/I	Opens Excel and loads a particular add-in.
/m	Opens Excel with a new workbook containing a single Excel 4.0 macro sheet. This is now redundant.
/o	Opens Excel forcing it to re-register itself in the Window Registry.
/p folderpath	Used when specifying a folder to be used as the default folder.
/r filepath	Opens Excel with a specific file in read-only mode. You must include the path and filename afterwards.
/regserver	Forces Excel to re-register itself in the Windows Registry and then quit.
/s	Opens Excel ignoring any add-ins, templates or files that are in the "xlStart directory" and the "Alternate Startup" directory.
/safe	Same as above
/safemode	Same as above
/unregserver	Forces Excel to unregister itself in the Windows Registry and then quit.

	The easiest way to run Excel with additional switches is to use the Command Line.
	All you need to do is select (Start > Run) and type the full folder path of the Excel.exe file.
	This folder path needs to be enclosed in parentheses with the corresponding startup switch added afterwards.