I have searched and read all the threads about toolbars here and none of them solved the problem.
I had to reload OP and copy the info from my old computer because the tech could not do a “ghost” to the new one. The excel8.xlb and Flynn8.xlb files are in c:windows. If I click on them, they load the toolbar which was previously customized. But it will not save changes I try to make. This error message[indent]
The file could not be accessed. Try one of the following:
*Make sure the specified folder exists.
*Make sure the folder that contains the files is not read-only.
*Make sure the file name does not contain any of the following characters; ?[]:*
*Make sure the file/path name doesn’t contain more than 218 characters.
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shows up. I do not have an alternate start folder named. I have set to share in case it isn’t recognizing me as a user any more. I don’t believe that any of my file names include restricted characters or are too long. But I don’t know what file or folder this warning is referring to. Workbooks save in MyDdocuments ok, including changes to macros in Personal. I didn’t know I could make folders read only, so I don’t think I have done that.
Just another trivial problem that is driving me to distraction.
I am with you up to the saved automatically into the file. But no matter how I opened Excel (and I do get the old settings when I click the .xlb file itself) if I make any changes to the toolbars I get the message quoted above. I have tried removing the .xlb files completely. Tried various combinations of my name because this is a new install maybe it can’t figure out who I am. Saving does work on the workbooks themselves but not on the Excel customizing changes. 
