» Prevent that an automacro/eventmacro executes using VBA in Microsoft Excel

VBA macro tip contributed by Erlandsen Data Consulting offering Microsoft Excel Application development, template customization, support and training solutions If you wish to open a workbook without running an Auto_Open-macro, you can do this by holding the Shift-key
down when you open the file.

If the workbook is password protected, remember to hold the Shift-key down after you have entered the password.
An Auto_Open-macro will not run automatically when you open a workbook from a macro. You will have to remember
to set the method RunAutoMacros to True.

You can prevent an Auto_Close-macro to run by holding the Shift-key down when you close the workbook..
The same applies to all the other auto-macros, hold the Shift-key down to prevent them from running.
In Excel 97 and later, events are used to run macros. Excel 97 and later will also recognize and run the older
auto-macros if they exist. The eventmacros will run before the automacros, e.g. the Workbook_Open eventmacro
will run before the Auto_Open-macro.

In Excel 97 and later you can disable the eventmacros by adding this line to your code:

Application.EnableEvents = False

Remember to set the property back to True so that event macros are enabled again when you are finished.