Activate a sheet without using "Activate"

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I have read that it is best not to use .Activate whenever possible. But I can't figure out how to do something without it.

In my workbook, one thing it will do is copy sheets into a new workbook. Once it copies the sheets, I want the code to select the first workbook in the sheet, so that when the user opens that workbook later, the first one will be the one it opens on. I can do that with this code:

Code:
myWB.Sheets(1).Activate

After this, my code closes the workbook (myWB) and then I activate the workbook with the code by:

Code:
ThisWorkbook.Activate

Is there a way to do the same thing without using .Activate?

Another reason that I want to avoid it is that even though I have ScreenUpdating set to False, when the Activate lines execute, I see the screen flash for a second.
 

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Code:
Application.Goto myWB.Sheets(1).Cells(1, 1)

But you will still get some screen flash.
 
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Thanks. Is there no way to avoid the screen flash? I don't understand what is causing it.
 
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Thanks. Is there no way to avoid the screen flash? I don't understand what is causing it.
Don't notice any flash when activating one sheet. You could try activating that sheet when you open the workbook with a workbook_open event like this:
Code:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Sheets(1).Activate
End Sub
 
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