Well, sad to say, the reinstall did not make my mysterious EXCEL VBA macro
symptoms, experienced on no other computer, go away - see "caching" thread
if you care. Can I just use system restore to go back? Or do you think a
new install is always worth having, once you've gone through the trouble?

I also am confused in that it still says Microsoft EXCEL 2002 SP3. I
thought SP3 was an update that I installed on-line, long after I originally
installed the program about three years ago. If so, wouldn't I need to
update to SP3 again from my, now, old installation disks? I note that I saw
the SP3 (under about Microsoft EXCEL) even before I had reinstalled my old
settings.

Thanks!
Dean


"Gary Keramidas" <GKeramidasATmsn.com wrote in message
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go through the program menu to microsoft office/microsoft office tools and
run the save my settings wizard. then uninstall from control panel and
reinstall

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Gary


"Dean" wrote in message
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I tried detect and repair but it did not help. And, I tried the EXCEL
macro on another machine and it worked flawlessly with none of the
inexplicable problems. So, I think I need to reinstall.

Please tell me how to export these settings. Also. I have office XP but
the excel version is 2002 SP3., I'd prefer to only change EXCEL, not all
of Office, unless you think that's a worse idea

Thanks, all
Dean


"Gary Keramidas" <GKeramidasATmsn.com wrote in message
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if it was me, i'd export my settings, uninstall office. then i'd
reinstall office and see if you still have the problem. if you don't,
then import your settings. if the problem returns, it's a problem with
your settings, not excel.

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Gary


"Dean" wrote in message
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I have a thread called caching and no one seems to have an answer for
me. Someone else is using the same release of EXCEL with the same files
and is having none of these problems, wherein EXCEL macros are looking
for old files that don't exist any more. I am starting to come to the
conclusion that the kind of stuff that is happening to me can only be
caused by EXCEL being corrupted. Does anyone have any directions on
reinstalling EXCEL, hopefully safely?

Thanks!
Dean