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Error when starting excel
I get the following error when I start excel:
"Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers |
Error when starting excel
Just an initial guess...
First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
Dave
Thanks for the direction, unfortunately what I have tried has not worked. Here is an updated list of things I have tried. 1. I cleaned up the temp folder 2. I have unchecked all addins 3. removed all files from XLSTART folder 4. Removed all files from Library folder (I stored these files, item 3 & 4, in a different folder because I do not want to loose them when I get this problem sorted out) 5. I did a search for *.xlb and found nothing, I never have used anything other than the standard toolbars that come with excel. Should I have an xlb file? Now when I close the window exclaiming the error, it closes the excel application that was trying to open and gives me another error window that says "there was a problem sending the command to the program". Thanks again for the input!! Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
Dave
Here is another new one, when I tried to re-register it get the following error: "One of your object libraries (stdole 32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run set up to istall it". I have run set up twice and it is not getting installed/repaired. All other MS programs that are in the disk work just fine. Access, Power point, Word, Publisher, and Outlook Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
You should have a *.xlb file. And depending how you upgraded, you may have
multiple *.xlb files. If you can't find your files using windows start button|Search, then you could use an old DOS command to search and delete/move them. Windows Start button|Run type: CMD (to get to the Command prompt) C: (to get to the C: drive--change this to the drive that excel is installed on) cd\ (to get to the root directory) dir *.xlb /s The /s says to search subfolders, too. Make a note of the locations of the found files. Mike Rogers wrote: Dave Thanks for the direction, unfortunately what I have tried has not worked. Here is an updated list of things I have tried. 1. I cleaned up the temp folder 2. I have unchecked all addins 3. removed all files from XLSTART folder 4. Removed all files from Library folder (I stored these files, item 3 & 4, in a different folder because I do not want to loose them when I get this problem sorted out) 5. I did a search for *.xlb and found nothing, I never have used anything other than the standard toolbars that come with excel. Should I have an xlb file? Now when I close the window exclaiming the error, it closes the excel application that was trying to open and gives me another error window that says "there was a problem sending the command to the program". Thanks again for the input!! Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
I'm not sure what you'll have to do with this problem. I googled and didn't
find anything that would help. (I would have tried repairing, reregistering or reinstalling.) It kind of looks like this is a windows file--not necessarily excel (just a guess!). Maybe it's time to think about repairing windows? (or maybe the problem will go away once you clean up that *.xlb???) And can you still start excel in safe mode? Mike Rogers wrote: Dave Here is another new one, when I tried to re-register it get the following error: "One of your object libraries (stdole 32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run set up to istall it". I have run set up twice and it is not getting installed/repaired. All other MS programs that are in the disk work just fine. Access, Power point, Word, Publisher, and Outlook Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
Dave
Yes, I can still start in safe mode. But I still can not find the .xlb file. In the command prompt search all I got was "Volume in drive C has no label. Volume serial number is 23AC-4107". Which means absolutly nothing to me. I am with you on trying to repair windows. This laptop came with all programing installed and no back up disks. The back up is on a separate drive (D:). Can I do a repair without formating and starting over? Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm not sure what you'll have to do with this problem. I googled and didn't find anything that would help. (I would have tried repairing, reregistering or reinstalling.) It kind of looks like this is a windows file--not necessarily excel (just a guess!). Maybe it's time to think about repairing windows? (or maybe the problem will go away once you clean up that *.xlb???) And can you still start excel in safe mode? Mike Rogers wrote: Dave Here is another new one, when I tried to re-register it get the following error: "One of your object libraries (stdole 32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run set up to istall it". I have run set up twice and it is not getting installed/repaired. All other MS programs that are in the disk work just fine. Access, Power point, Word, Publisher, and Outlook Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
Mike
To search for a file you must go to StartSeachFiles and Folders. Do not search from the Command prompt Make sure that your settings are to "Not" hide known file extensions in My ComputerToolsFolder OptionsView Gord On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:38:00 -0700, Mike Rogers <Mike060349@NoxSpamxAOLDOTcom wrote: Dave Yes, I can still start in safe mode. But I still can not find the .xlb file. In the command prompt search all I got was "Volume in drive C has no label. Volume serial number is 23AC-4107". Which means absolutly nothing to me. I am with you on trying to repair windows. This laptop came with all programing installed and no back up disks. The back up is on a separate drive (D:). Can I do a repair without formating and starting over? Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm not sure what you'll have to do with this problem. I googled and didn't find anything that would help. (I would have tried repairing, reregistering or reinstalling.) It kind of looks like this is a windows file--not necessarily excel (just a guess!). Maybe it's time to think about repairing windows? (or maybe the problem will go away once you clean up that *.xlb???) And can you still start excel in safe mode? Mike Rogers wrote: Dave Here is another new one, when I tried to re-register it get the following error: "One of your object libraries (stdole 32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run set up to istall it". I have run set up twice and it is not getting installed/repaired. All other MS programs that are in the disk work just fine. Access, Power point, Word, Publisher, and Outlook Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
Dave
I googled stdole32.tlb and got: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296114/en-us?sd=gn The only problem I have now is to find the instruction for xl2k on vista home. It looks like you were on track <vbg. Thanks!!! any other comments would be welcomed. Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm not sure what you'll have to do with this problem. I googled and didn't find anything that would help. (I would have tried repairing, reregistering or reinstalling.) It kind of looks like this is a windows file--not necessarily excel (just a guess!). Maybe it's time to think about repairing windows? (or maybe the problem will go away once you clean up that *.xlb???) And can you still start excel in safe mode? Mike Rogers wrote: Dave Here is another new one, when I tried to re-register it get the following error: "One of your object libraries (stdole 32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run set up to istall it". I have run set up twice and it is not getting installed/repaired. All other MS programs that are in the disk work just fine. Access, Power point, Word, Publisher, and Outlook Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
Gord
I did try that first, and found "no items match your search". Dave gave me that command prompt stuff to search in a different way, it also provided nothing. Is there a trick to searching in this "Vista" operating system to search all files including "hidden" files. I have yet to find an option for that. Mike Rogers "Gord Dibben" wrote: Mike To search for a file you must go to StartSeachFiles and Folders. Do not search from the Command prompt Make sure that your settings are to "Not" hide known file extensions in My ComputerToolsFolder OptionsView Gord On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:38:00 -0700, Mike Rogers <Mike060349@NoxSpamxAOLDOTcom wrote: Dave Yes, I can still start in safe mode. But I still can not find the .xlb file. In the command prompt search all I got was "Volume in drive C has no label. Volume serial number is 23AC-4107". Which means absolutly nothing to me. I am with you on trying to repair windows. This laptop came with all programing installed and no back up disks. The back up is on a separate drive (D:). Can I do a repair without formating and starting over? Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm not sure what you'll have to do with this problem. I googled and didn't find anything that would help. (I would have tried repairing, reregistering or reinstalling.) It kind of looks like this is a windows file--not necessarily excel (just a guess!). Maybe it's time to think about repairing windows? (or maybe the problem will go away once you clean up that *.xlb???) And can you still start excel in safe mode? Mike Rogers wrote: Dave Here is another new one, when I tried to re-register it get the following error: "One of your object libraries (stdole 32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run set up to istall it". I have run set up twice and it is not getting installed/repaired. All other MS programs that are in the disk work just fine. Access, Power point, Word, Publisher, and Outlook Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
Dave
The latest in the forensic search for "WHY ME"!!!!! If I drill down to excel.exe and open as administrator it opens a new excel program, from there I can open my files. So.....for now it is a pita, but that is my fix. Thanks for all your help Dave, as usual it is greatly appreciated. Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm not sure what you'll have to do with this problem. I googled and didn't find anything that would help. (I would have tried repairing, reregistering or reinstalling.) It kind of looks like this is a windows file--not necessarily excel (just a guess!). Maybe it's time to think about repairing windows? (or maybe the problem will go away once you clean up that *.xlb???) And can you still start excel in safe mode? Mike Rogers wrote: Dave Here is another new one, when I tried to re-register it get the following error: "One of your object libraries (stdole 32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run set up to istall it". I have run set up twice and it is not getting installed/repaired. All other MS programs that are in the disk work just fine. Access, Power point, Word, Publisher, and Outlook Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
Just make sure you either backup the registry first--or write down the settings
you change. I know when I leave it to my brain to remember stuff, it lets me down! Mike Rogers wrote: Dave I googled stdole32.tlb and got: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296114/en-us?sd=gn The only problem I have now is to find the instruction for xl2k on vista home. It looks like you were on track <vbg. Thanks!!! any other comments would be welcomed. Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm not sure what you'll have to do with this problem. I googled and didn't find anything that would help. (I would have tried repairing, reregistering or reinstalling.) It kind of looks like this is a windows file--not necessarily excel (just a guess!). Maybe it's time to think about repairing windows? (or maybe the problem will go away once you clean up that *.xlb???) And can you still start excel in safe mode? Mike Rogers wrote: Dave Here is another new one, when I tried to re-register it get the following error: "One of your object libraries (stdole 32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run set up to istall it". I have run set up twice and it is not getting installed/repaired. All other MS programs that are in the disk work just fine. Access, Power point, Word, Publisher, and Outlook Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
I'm still betting on the *.xlb file.
My guess is (and this is still a guess--since I don't use Users and I don't use Vista very often) that excel/windows knows that the admin would use the admin's *.xlb file--not your *.xlb (as a user). And since that *.xlb file isn't bad (or may not have even existed before you started excel as the admin), excel works perfectly. I can do this to find my *.xlb (windows XP Home and xl2003). Windows start button|Run %appdata% and traverse to microsoft then Excel or even type this in the Run dialog: %appdata%\microsoft\excel Notice the path that you go to. For me, it's: C:\Documents and Settings\David Peterson\Application Data\microsoft\excel If you're in the admin path, then I bet you're not seeing the bad *.xlb file. Mike Rogers wrote: Dave The latest in the forensic search for "WHY ME"!!!!! If I drill down to excel.exe and open as administrator it opens a new excel program, from there I can open my files. So.....for now it is a pita, but that is my fix. Thanks for all your help Dave, as usual it is greatly appreciated. Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm not sure what you'll have to do with this problem. I googled and didn't find anything that would help. (I would have tried repairing, reregistering or reinstalling.) It kind of looks like this is a windows file--not necessarily excel (just a guess!). Maybe it's time to think about repairing windows? (or maybe the problem will go away once you clean up that *.xlb???) And can you still start excel in safe mode? Mike Rogers wrote: Dave Here is another new one, when I tried to re-register it get the following error: "One of your object libraries (stdole 32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run set up to istall it". I have run set up twice and it is not getting installed/repaired. All other MS programs that are in the disk work just fine. Access, Power point, Word, Publisher, and Outlook Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
Dave
It has to be a vista thing. I just went into control panelusers accounts and turned off the user account control. Now excel works as intended. Now it does not need permissions from the administrator to change things that only the administrator would normally have to change. This is definately a Vista thing, as all previous versions did not incorporate this level of control for the administrator. I will continue to seek the fix in the registry but until then I will forgo the controls as administrator. After all I am the only one useing this machine. Thanks again for your help Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm still betting on the *.xlb file. My guess is (and this is still a guess--since I don't use Users and I don't use Vista very often) that excel/windows knows that the admin would use the admin's *.xlb file--not your *.xlb (as a user). And since that *.xlb file isn't bad (or may not have even existed before you started excel as the admin), excel works perfectly. I can do this to find my *.xlb (windows XP Home and xl2003). Windows start button|Run %appdata% and traverse to microsoft then Excel or even type this in the Run dialog: %appdata%\microsoft\excel Notice the path that you go to. For me, it's: C:\Documents and Settings\David Peterson\Application Data\microsoft\excel If you're in the admin path, then I bet you're not seeing the bad *.xlb file. Mike Rogers wrote: Dave The latest in the forensic search for "WHY ME"!!!!! If I drill down to excel.exe and open as administrator it opens a new excel program, from there I can open my files. So.....for now it is a pita, but that is my fix. Thanks for all your help Dave, as usual it is greatly appreciated. Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm not sure what you'll have to do with this problem. I googled and didn't find anything that would help. (I would have tried repairing, reregistering or reinstalling.) It kind of looks like this is a windows file--not necessarily excel (just a guess!). Maybe it's time to think about repairing windows? (or maybe the problem will go away once you clean up that *.xlb???) And can you still start excel in safe mode? Mike Rogers wrote: Dave Here is another new one, when I tried to re-register it get the following error: "One of your object libraries (stdole 32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run set up to istall it". I have run set up twice and it is not getting installed/repaired. All other MS programs that are in the disk work just fine. Access, Power point, Word, Publisher, and Outlook Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Error when starting excel
Thanks for posting back your workaround.
Mike Rogers wrote: Dave It has to be a vista thing. I just went into control panelusers accounts and turned off the user account control. Now excel works as intended. Now it does not need permissions from the administrator to change things that only the administrator would normally have to change. This is definately a Vista thing, as all previous versions did not incorporate this level of control for the administrator. I will continue to seek the fix in the registry but until then I will forgo the controls as administrator. After all I am the only one useing this machine. Thanks again for your help Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm still betting on the *.xlb file. My guess is (and this is still a guess--since I don't use Users and I don't use Vista very often) that excel/windows knows that the admin would use the admin's *.xlb file--not your *.xlb (as a user). And since that *.xlb file isn't bad (or may not have even existed before you started excel as the admin), excel works perfectly. I can do this to find my *.xlb (windows XP Home and xl2003). Windows start button|Run %appdata% and traverse to microsoft then Excel or even type this in the Run dialog: %appdata%\microsoft\excel Notice the path that you go to. For me, it's: C:\Documents and Settings\David Peterson\Application Data\microsoft\excel If you're in the admin path, then I bet you're not seeing the bad *.xlb file. Mike Rogers wrote: Dave The latest in the forensic search for "WHY ME"!!!!! If I drill down to excel.exe and open as administrator it opens a new excel program, from there I can open my files. So.....for now it is a pita, but that is my fix. Thanks for all your help Dave, as usual it is greatly appreciated. Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm not sure what you'll have to do with this problem. I googled and didn't find anything that would help. (I would have tried repairing, reregistering or reinstalling.) It kind of looks like this is a windows file--not necessarily excel (just a guess!). Maybe it's time to think about repairing windows? (or maybe the problem will go away once you clean up that *.xlb???) And can you still start excel in safe mode? Mike Rogers wrote: Dave Here is another new one, when I tried to re-register it get the following error: "One of your object libraries (stdole 32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run set up to istall it". I have run set up twice and it is not getting installed/repaired. All other MS programs that are in the disk work just fine. Access, Power point, Word, Publisher, and Outlook Mike Rogers "Dave Peterson" wrote: Just an initial guess... First, with excel closed. Clean up your window temp folder Windows start button|run type: %temp% and clean up as much as you can. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's your excel toolbar file that's causing the trouble. With excel closed windows start button|search look for *.xlb Keep track of what you find and where you find them and move the files to a temporary folder. Then try opening excel. If that didn't work, maybe it's an addin that's causing the trouble. Chip Pearson has some notes on how to diagnose startup errors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm And Jan Karel Pieterse has more notes: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp Mike Rogers wrote: I get the following error when I start excel: "Microsoft excel for windows has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." This is XL2K running on Vista Home I have tried: 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling 2. Repairing 3. Unreg & reg 4. Restore 5. it will load in safe mode I have not add any new programs, but the normal updates are done automatically. Any one got any ideas? Mike Rogers -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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