Windows 10: Why does my excel workbook disappear?

Discus and support Why does my excel workbook disappear? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Since activating One Drive, I have had worksheets in Excel disappear and the version on One Drive doe not have the changes I had kmade, so all the work... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by stillkicking, Feb 3, 2019.

  1. Why does my excel workbook disappear?


    Since activating One Drive, I have had worksheets in Excel disappear and the version on One Drive doe not have the changes I had kmade, so all the work is lost. I do not know what I did when moving the curser, but blank wsaorksheet is there as if I did nothing. Cannot find earlier version with the work I did that should have been saved automatically.

    :)
     
    stillkicking, Feb 3, 2019
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  2. UriSh Win User

    Excel workbooks pinned to taskbar on Win 10 disappeared

    My question is two fold:

    1. Can I change the order of Excel workbooks pinned to the taskbar on Win 10? In Win 8.1 I could just drag them in whichever order I wanted.
      I saw the similar question regarding folders pinned to File Explorer, but the solution is irrelevant in this case.
      The question regarding Excel was also raised there in a comment but remained unanswered.

    Edit: Here's the link to the question I reffered to:
    Is there a way to change the order of pinned folders in Windows 10?

    1. When I upgraded to Win 10 from Win 8.1 all my pinned Excel workbooks stayed pinned. After a couple of day's work they all disappeared. I can't put my finger exactly on when this happened but my best guesstimate is either from running Ccleaner or when I restarted the computer for the first time after the upgrade was complete.
      Anyone else encountered something similar?

    Thanks.
     
    UriSh, Feb 3, 2019
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  3. Tony K Win User
    Some but not all Excel workbooks appear in taskbar.


    Welcome to Windows Ten Forums, ju severn and restexas.

    Don't know why you're having the issue and I don't have Office installed on my 10, but have in 8.1. I also have not had that many Excel workbooks opened to know if perhaps there's a limit to the list set in Office or in 10. I worked more with seperate sheets in a workbook rather than separate workbooks. However, for now to keep you working without the distraction, could you open a separate instance of Excel and work with it that way? Somewhat of a PITA I know, but that may work for now until resolved.
     
    Tony K, Feb 3, 2019
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  4. ju severn Win User

    Why does my excel workbook disappear?

    Some but not all Excel workbooks appear in taskbar.


    I have for example, five Excel workbooks open, four will appear in the taskbar when I hover over the Excel icon and one will not. This happens pretty much every day and with a wide variety of Excel files, not the same ones. I have not noticed the same issue with other programs but must admit I rarely would have multiple files open from other programs.

    I have tried every option suggested on forums that I have read including unticking and reticking the box in Excel advanced options to 'show all windows in taskbar', also right clicking on the taskbar to 'never combine' (and although this is not really what I'm after, the workbook will not show in the taskbar either). None of these make any difference.

    I have also tried opening the files from the open button, from the recently used files list and from the folder they are stored in but this makes no difference.

    When I 'alt-tab through the open screens, the workbook that I cannot see from the taskbar will always show as the very last item after every other screen from every other program I have open, even when it is the last item I have looked at.

    It's driving me mad as in my work I always have to switch back and forth between spreadsheets.
    Can anyone help or has anyone else come across the same problem?
     
    ju severn, Feb 3, 2019
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