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Anonymous
Hi,
Why does my Excel Application always try to contact files on launch. The file it's trying to find is only available when I'm logged into a VPN which I rarely am. Hence every time I try and launch Excel it's taking much longer than necessary. I'd love to know why it's doing it and hopefully stop it doing it so I can launch excel a bit quicker!
Thanks in advance!
Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
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