Ghost Excel workbook opens each time I start excel and prevents formulas - tried all suggested solutions without luck

Hi
When I start excel and open any workbook a 'ghost' work book opens it doesn't contain cells and is just greyed out. When I am working on a document whenever I start to write a formula the ghost wbook opens and I cannot see the original document to complete
the formula. If I open multiple workbooks I sometimes get a ghost workbook for each doc that is open - after a while I get error message to say not enough reources to do even simple tasks like save work or open a document.
I have posted on several forums and tried all suggested solutions without luck - this is really preventing me from using excel which I need daily. Personally though I am only intermediate user I think it may have something to do with a workbook that I downloaded
that had macros in it but I cant be sure
Any help greatly appreciated
Thanks
Dave

Hi Dave,
First make sure have installed the latest update. Second, we can repair Office 2013 from Control Panel > Programs and Features. Third, open Excel 2013 in safe mode, if it works fine, disable some 3rd-party application add-ins.
Could you please share a screenshot of this “ghost” workbook and upload it to OneDrive? I’ll analyze it in detail as soon as accessing it.
If there is anything about this issue, don’t hesitate to tell me.
Best regards,
Greta Ge
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support
teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office programs.

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