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When I save an excel file it creates an additional excel "template" icon on the desktop that cannot be deleted unless you restart the computer. Anyone else experience this problem?

When I save an excel file on my desktop it also creates an additional excel "template" icon on the desktop that cannot be removed unless you restart the computer. Any suggestions?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 15, 2011 3:35 AM

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Posted on Nov 15, 2011 5:08 PM

The only way I found to delete these files is to force quit finder (which will relaunch) and the file will be gone. Seems to be a bug with excel or macs handling of excel files.

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When I save an excel file it creates an additional excel "template" icon on the desktop that cannot be deleted unless you restart the computer. Anyone else experience this problem?

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