Excel Error

shopbot

Hi All,
When I try to access Excel I get the following error:
I've tried Googling and following the suggestions there without luck.

At the moment I do not have the original disk with me.

Please can anyone help?

Thanks

SB

superscaper

I found this on t'internet so no guarantee it will work:

If you do not have the installation cd and want to solve
this issue follow these steps: (works most of the time with
all sku.cab files)

1. Click on start==>run==>type
"excel /s" without quotations and click ok.

2. Once Excel is
up in safe mode with the error message in front, hold
down ctrl+Alt+Delete keys on your keyboard to bring the task manager up.

3. Click on the processes tab==>look for msiexec.exe (only the
onenext to your user name), click on it and end the process.

4. Excel should be running without an error message now==>close
Excel in safe mode==>reopen it one more time in safe mode to
check if it is opening with no error message.

5. Close Excel
/s and open Excel normally, it should work fine.
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shopbot

superscaper wrote:

I found this on t'internet so no guarantee it will work:

If you do not have the installation cd and want to solve
this issue follow these steps: (works most of the time with
all sku.cab files)

1. Click on start==>run==>type
"excel /s" without quotations and click ok.

2. Once Excel is
up in safe mode with the error message in front, hold
down ctrl+Alt+Delete keys on your keyboard to bring the task manager up.

3. Click on the processes tab==>look for msiexec.exe (only the
onenext to your user name), click on it and end the process.

4. Excel should be running without an error message now==>close
Excel in safe mode==>reopen it one more time in safe mode to
check if it is opening with no error message.

5. Close Excel
/s and open Excel normally, it should work fine.
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Thanks - I found that too! Unfortunately it didn't fix it

superscaper

Well my normal "useless" suggestion would be to try and find an office disk. Might be the only way to shut it up I'm afraid.

shopbot

Thanks for the help...

I will try and find the disk when I am next home.:beer:

WelshHybrid

There is a Microsoft Knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896866, don't know if you've read it or not. In fact, don't even know if it will help....

shopbot

Thanks - I've had a look through. It hasn't fixed unfortunately
Cheers for the link though!

shopbot

Hi Everyone,
It's all fixed now - thanks to everyone who contributed :beer: