When I start excel 2003 SP2 with a blank workbook, and go Tools/Add-
ins... a message is displayed saying "Unable to read file." I
actually get this message three times in succession. After which the
Add-ins dialog is displayed as if nothing were wrong.

These messages only appear the first time I do Tools/Add-ins. After
that the dialog comes up without any messages.

All the addin files corresponding to the items in the addin list are
present on the hard drive.

Does anyone know what is causing this message?

Thanks,

Brian Murphy

Hi Brian,

I don't know what's causing that message but as no-one else has responded
some thoughts.

Taking the message literally "Unable to read file", I assume the file refers
to some addin. One that's not only in the addins collection but an addin
that will be listed in the addins dialog (not all addins in the collection
are shown).

Addins are 'read' for Title and Comments. The 'title' is particularly
important as that's used as the key in the collection (not the name).

So, guessing, maybe there's a problem reading title and/or comments. Might
be an idea to remove 'listed' addins from the collection, which also entails
moving any addins in the default addins folders to another folder, whether
installed or not (not simply renaming them). Perhaps start with the
likeliest candidates, such as the most recently modified.

Regards,
Peter T

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When I start excel 2003 SP2 with a blank workbook, and go Tools/Add-
ins... a message is displayed saying "Unable to read file." I
actually get this message three times in succession. After which the
Add-ins dialog is displayed as if nothing were wrong.

These messages only appear the first time I do Tools/Add-ins. After
that the dialog comes up without any messages.

All the addin files corresponding to the items in the addin list are
present on the hard drive.

Does anyone know what is causing this message?

Thanks,

Brian Murphy

Thank you for the suggestion. I will give that a try and see what it
tells me.

Brian


On Aug 27, 5:42 pm, "Peter T" <peter_t@discussions wrote:
HiBrian,

I don't know what's causing that message but as no-one else has responded
some thoughts.

Taking the message literally "Unable to read file", I assume the file refers
to some addin. One that's not only in the addins collection but an addin
that will be listed in the addins dialog (not all addins in the collection
are shown).

Addins are 'read' for Title and Comments. The 'title' is particularly
important as that's used as the key in the collection (not the name).

So, guessing, maybe there's a problem reading title and/or comments. Might
be an idea to remove 'listed' addins from the collection, which also entails
moving any addins in the default addins folders to another folder, whether
installed or not (not simply renaming them). Perhaps start with the
likeliest candidates, such as the most recently modified.

Regards,
Peter T

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ups.com...

When I start excel 2003 SP2 with a blank workbook, and go Tools/Add-
ins... a message is displayed saying "Unable to read file." I
actually get this message three times in succession. After which the
Add-ins dialog is displayed as if nothing were wrong.

These messages only appear the first time I do Tools/Add-ins. After
that the dialog comes up without any messages.

All the addin files corresponding to the items in the addin list are
present on the hard drive.

Does anyone know what is causing this message?

Thanks,

BrianMurphy