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Open Multiple Instances of Excel without PERSONAL.xlsb Lock Message

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Mar 15, 202644307 views
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Whenever I open more than I instance of Excel, I get the following message: PERSONAL.xlsb is locked for editing Q: How can I disable or hide this message? Alternatively, if someone could suggest a way to improve Excel 2007's support for multiple monitors within a single instance, that would get aro…

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Fix for: Open Multiple Instances of Excel without PERSONAL.xlsb Lock Message

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Unhide your and turn on the share workbook option. You can then open as many instances of Excel as you want without that pesky read-only message. The only drawback is that if you want to actually add or edit a personal macro you will have to unhide …

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