bookie32 Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 (edited) Hi guys! Need a bit of help! OK! this is strange..I work with excel all the time but suddenly it wont open my files. The error message is in Swedish, but the translation is "An error occurred when the command is sent to the program". I tried moving the files to another computer, but the same problem?This is what I have achieved...I installed open office and there is no problem opening the files. I can actually open excel and go from there to open the files and that also works...Something seems wrong with the address but I can't for the life of me come up with a solution that allows me to open the document directly if using Microsoft Excel.I have run the repair program option but no dice. Going to reinstall the program but seems like it may be a wase of time as well.Has anyone any suggestions?Thanks as always!bookie32 Edited September 23, 2010 by bookie32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadiehl Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 prelim t-shooting:.. you probably already know this by the tone of your email.... 1. Examine your EVENT LOGS... (rt click my computer) MANAGE- EVENT VIEWER.. depending on what ver of office you have, you should have an OFFICE event log. Also look at the Application Event logs2. Start excel in SAFE mode .. excel.exe /safe ..may give you an idea of what is wrong3. Use the built in Detect/repair offered in either the File pulldown menu or the "big office button"; again depends on the version.random goolge search returns these seemingly helpful hints : http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.aspxif excel opens other data files, that implies it's EMBEDDED DATA in the problemn excel spreadsheetalso looke at trust center settings.. you may want to "liberal-ize" your trust center to see if that jars the problem loose... ex.. trust all macros etc etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookie32 Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 Hi dadiehl Thanks for your info.. I will have a look at that and get back to you.bookie32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookie32 Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 Hi again I checked the event logg...nada...I ran dignostics.....nadaBasically I can't open the files directly and have to open Excel first and then everything is OK....really is annoying..bookie32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookie32 Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 Hi again!One other thing...doesn't matter if I create new documents.....can't open them directly by clicking on them after saving and then trying to open the document itself.....So, I guess we can say that this is bonkers....bookie32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookie32 Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 Hi again! Found a solution...a guy had the same problem and can't remember where he found the answer, but it is a default setting that causes the hickup....never did before but that doesn't bother me at the moment..OK! take a look at his solution.... In Excel > options and then advanced...way down to you come to "General". Just remove DDE and it works fine now!Why it started....no idea?bookie32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookie32 Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 Hi again!Can someone tell me how to edit title to thread and put "solved"?bookie32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Go to first topic click the edit button in the lower right of the first post window it will reload with the minimal editor click the link to use the full editor and then you can edit the title. Might want to fix the spelling error in Exel also to Excel . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 (edited) Might want to fix the spelling error in Exel also to Excel ....and proplem to problem? Possibly the original source :http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/223632-cant-launch-any-excel-files/jaclaz Edited September 22, 2010 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookie32 Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Hi guys Thanks IcemanND....and for spotting the spelling error...LOLThanks jaklaz....you are always a wonderful source of info..bookie32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Thanks jaklaz jaclaz....you are always a wonderful source of info..No problem , though there is still a proplem jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookie32 Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 Hi again OOOOOOOOOps sorry Jaclaz bookie32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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