Several times when I start Excel 2007, I get a blank blue page called
"preview:19200' and there are no options to cancel it.
I close it from the taskbar and hope I can start the application properly by
double-clicking the Excel document I want to work on. Doesn't always work.
About 8 times out of 10 Excel starts normally with no problem.
My OS is Vista. Plenty of resources available.

Hi Andrew

When you start excel in Safe modus a few times do you have the same prooblem then ?
When you start Excel hold the Ctrl key and say Yes in the dialog


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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
Several times when I start Excel 2007, I get a blank blue page called
"preview:19200' and there are no options to cancel it.
I close it from the taskbar and hope I can start the application properly by
double-clicking the Excel document I want to work on. Doesn't always work.
About 8 times out of 10 Excel starts normally with no problem.
My OS is Vista. Plenty of resources available.

Thanks for the reply Ron.
I just started then closed Excel in safe mode 6 times, one after the other.
The first time it started OK. Attempts 2 and 3 gave me the blue page.
Attempts 4 and 5 were OK. Attempt 6 failed again.
No other app was touched during this time.
Seems to be random.
Andrew.


"Ron de Bruin" wrote:

Hi Andrew

When you start excel in Safe modus a few times do you have the same prooblem then ?
When you start Excel hold the Ctrl key and say Yes in the dialog


--

Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
Several times when I start Excel 2007, I get a blank blue page called
"preview:19200' and there are no options to cancel it.
I close it from the taskbar and hope I can start the application properly by
double-clicking the Excel document I want to work on. Doesn't always work.
About 8 times out of 10 Excel starts normally with no problem.
My OS is Vista. Plenty of resources available.

Try this

Try to Run Office Diagnostics on

Office ButtonExcel Options...Resources



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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
Thanks for the reply Ron.
I just started then closed Excel in safe mode 6 times, one after the other.
The first time it started OK. Attempts 2 and 3 gave me the blue page.
Attempts 4 and 5 were OK. Attempt 6 failed again.
No other app was touched during this time.
Seems to be random.
Andrew.


"Ron de Bruin" wrote:

Hi Andrew

When you start excel in Safe modus a few times do you have the same prooblem then ?
When you start Excel hold the Ctrl key and say Yes in the dialog


--

Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
Several times when I start Excel 2007, I get a blank blue page called
"preview:19200' and there are no options to cancel it.
I close it from the taskbar and hope I can start the application properly by
double-clicking the Excel document I want to work on. Doesn't always work.
About 8 times out of 10 Excel starts normally with no problem.
My OS is Vista. Plenty of resources available.

I ran the diagnostics and no problems were found.



"Ron de Bruin" wrote:

Try this

Try to Run Office Diagnostics on

Office ButtonExcel Options...Resources



--

Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
Thanks for the reply Ron.
I just started then closed Excel in safe mode 6 times, one after the other.
The first time it started OK. Attempts 2 and 3 gave me the blue page.
Attempts 4 and 5 were OK. Attempt 6 failed again.
No other app was touched during this time.
Seems to be random.
Andrew.


"Ron de Bruin" wrote:

Hi Andrew

When you start excel in Safe modus a few times do you have the same prooblem then ?
When you start Excel hold the Ctrl key and say Yes in the dialog


--

Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
Several times when I start Excel 2007, I get a blank blue page called
"preview:19200' and there are no options to cancel it.
I close it from the taskbar and hope I can start the application properly by
double-clicking the Excel document I want to work on. Doesn't always work.
About 8 times out of 10 Excel starts normally with no problem.
My OS is Vista. Plenty of resources available.

Hi Andrew

Is it a upgrade from a older version or do you have more then one version of Excel installed


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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
I ran the diagnostics and no problems were found.



"Ron de Bruin" wrote:

Try this

Try to Run Office Diagnostics on

Office ButtonExcel Options...Resources



--

Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
Thanks for the reply Ron.
I just started then closed Excel in safe mode 6 times, one after the other.
The first time it started OK. Attempts 2 and 3 gave me the blue page.
Attempts 4 and 5 were OK. Attempt 6 failed again.
No other app was touched during this time.
Seems to be random.
Andrew.


"Ron de Bruin" wrote:

Hi Andrew

When you start excel in Safe modus a few times do you have the same prooblem then ?
When you start Excel hold the Ctrl key and say Yes in the dialog


--

Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
Several times when I start Excel 2007, I get a blank blue page called
"preview:19200' and there are no options to cancel it.
I close it from the taskbar and hope I can start the application properly by
double-clicking the Excel document I want to work on. Doesn't always work.
About 8 times out of 10 Excel starts normally with no problem.
My OS is Vista. Plenty of resources available.

Update:

The Devs at Microsoft know about the issue.


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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm


"Andrew" wrote in message ...
Several times when I start Excel 2007, I get a blank blue page called
"preview:19200' and there are no options to cancel it.
I close it from the taskbar and hope I can start the application properly by
double-clicking the Excel document I want to work on. Doesn't always work.
About 8 times out of 10 Excel starts normally with no problem.
My OS is Vista. Plenty of resources available.

On Aug 27, 6:25 am, "Ron de Bruin" wrote:
Update:

The Devs at Microsoft know about the issue.

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Regards Ron de Bruinhttp://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm

"Andrew" wrote in ...
Several times when I startExcel2007, I get ablankblue page called
"preview:19200' and there are no options to cancel it.
I close it from the taskbar and hope I can start the application properly by
double-clicking theExceldocument I want to work on. Doesn't always work.
About 8 times out of 10Excelstartsnormally with no problem.
My OS is Vista. Plenty of resources available.

The issue with Excel opening a "blank" Document has been occurring at
our Company's office since we upgraded to Office 2007. I have found
that every single instance of the issue has been caused by Adobe
Acrobat professional or Reader being installed, this only affects the
users who are NOT running the latest version of Adobe Acrobat 8.1. The
Resolution to this issue was to remove Adobe Reader and/or
Professional from the system. Once you have completed this step, you
may receive a "compile error" when you attempt to start Excel. If this
occurs you can delete the "XLSTART" directory from the followign
location "C:\Program files\Microsoft Office\Office12". The next time
you attempt to run Excel the windows installer will run and "repair"
the installation. Excel should now start without issue. You can also
re-install Adobe Acrobat, just make sure you install the latest
version.

I'm running Vista, Office 2007, as well as Acrobat 8.1 and have the same
blank blue Excel screen. I have had this problem for several months now and
have been keeping my eye on all the posts here concerning this problem.

There is no tool bar at the top, only the bar which is normally at the
bottom. There is no functionality. I close the blank blue excel window via
task bar.

I have consistently had luck opening excel files while holding down the
"CTRL" key but would like to find the true fix.

" wrote:

On Aug 27, 6:25 am, "Ron de Bruin" wrote:
Update:

The Devs at Microsoft know about the issue.

--

Regards Ron de Bruinhttp://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm

"Andrew" wrote in ...
Several times when I startExcel2007, I get ablankblue page called
"preview:19200' and there are no options to cancel it.
I close it from the taskbar and hope I can start the application properly by
double-clicking theExceldocument I want to work on. Doesn't always work.
About 8 times out of 10Excelstartsnormally with no problem.
My OS is Vista. Plenty of resources available.

The issue with Excel opening a "blank" Document has been occurring at
our Company's office since we upgraded to Office 2007. I have found
that every single instance of the issue has been caused by Adobe
Acrobat professional or Reader being installed, this only affects the
users who are NOT running the latest version of Adobe Acrobat 8.1. The
Resolution to this issue was to remove Adobe Reader and/or
Professional from the system. Once you have completed this step, you
may receive a "compile error" when you attempt to start Excel. If this
occurs you can delete the "XLSTART" directory from the followign
location "C:\Program files\Microsoft Office\Office12". The next time
you attempt to run Excel the windows installer will run and "repair"
the installation. Excel should now start without issue. You can also
re-install Adobe Acrobat, just make sure you install the latest
version.

I have also have this problem, new PC and office 2007 on vista. Mine tends to
happen frequently, 3 out of 4 times I would estimate. It's incredibly
annoying especially since I use excel frequently.

If Microsoft know of this issue perhaps they could provide an update on
progress for resolving this or at least some background on the cause of this
problem or at least a probem number so that we can track it.

Any more news on this?

I have the same problem. Vista Ultimate on new machine and only Office 2007.
It happens about 1 in four times. Very inconsistent occurances. But I didn't
always have this issue, it just started a couple of months ago, so I could go
along with the theory of an "upgrade" issue.....just not certain which one.

"ICooper" wrote:

I have also have this problem, new PC and office 2007 on vista. Mine tends to
happen frequently, 3 out of 4 times I would estimate. It's incredibly
annoying especially since I use excel frequently.

If Microsoft know of this issue perhaps they could provide an update on
progress for resolving this or at least some background on the cause of this
problem or at least a probem number so that we can track it.

Any more news on this?