I've encountered this. While I'm not sure what causes the problem, I do know
that only putting in the disk as requested will resolve it.

In the meantime, you may hit "Cancel" as many times as necessary and Excel
should start. There's some component that Excel thinks it needs to install
(or re-install).
--
Adios,
Clay Harryman


"cork" wrote:

Started up computer this morning and everytime I try to open Excel the
computer tries to install excel instead of just opening the existing program.
I have had excel for more than a year and using explorer I can see that excel
is still installed on my machine.

Does any one know how to get this program to run, or am I just going to have
to get our tech support people to find the factory install disk and
re-install?
--
cork

Thanks Clayman

I'll have to wait till next week when the tech people get back in to
re-install the CD. I've tried hitting cancel repeatadly but it won't work for
me. What I get is the computer goes to install and then says need CD disk. If
I cancel it then says Fatal Error and closes. Any more hints or ideas?
Thanks,
cork
--
cork


"Clayman" wrote:

I've encountered this. While I'm not sure what causes the problem, I do know
that only putting in the disk as requested will resolve it.

In the meantime, you may hit "Cancel" as many times as necessary and Excel
should start. There's some component that Excel thinks it needs to install
(or re-install).
--
Adios,
Clay Harryman


"cork" wrote:

Started up computer this morning and everytime I try to open Excel the
computer tries to install excel instead of just opening the existing program.
I have had excel for more than a year and using explorer I can see that excel
is still installed on my machine.

Does any one know how to get this program to run, or am I just going to have
to get our tech support people to find the factory install disk and
re-install?
--
cork

Something I've tried when the CD wasn't handy:

Is it looking for a particular file? Open a search window and search your
hard drive for that file. If you find it on your hard drive, then either
browse to the file or manually enter the path. This can be a real pain if you
have to do this for a bunch of files, though.

What's the text that accompanies the Fatal Error?
--
Adios,
Clay Harryman


"cork" wrote:

Thanks Clayman

I'll have to wait till next week when the tech people get back in to
re-install the CD. I've tried hitting cancel repeatadly but it won't work for
me. What I get is the computer goes to install and then says need CD disk. If
I cancel it then says Fatal Error and closes. Any more hints or ideas?
Thanks,
cork
--
cork


"Clayman" wrote:

I've encountered this. While I'm not sure what causes the problem, I do know
that only putting in the disk as requested will resolve it.

In the meantime, you may hit "Cancel" as many times as necessary and Excel
should start. There's some component that Excel thinks it needs to install
(or re-install).
--
Adios,
Clay Harryman


"cork" wrote:

Started up computer this morning and everytime I try to open Excel the
computer tries to install excel instead of just opening the existing program.
I have had excel for more than a year and using explorer I can see that excel
is still installed on my machine.

Does any one know how to get this program to run, or am I just going to have
to get our tech support people to find the factory install disk and
re-install?
--
cork