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  #1  
Old October 3rd 05, 12:26 PM
canna
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Default Excel Error

I have Office 97 running on a windows me machine. Been using the Excel for
months on this machine with no problems.
Suddenly started receiving "excel has caused an error in excel.exe. if you
continue to have problems please restart your computer" error out of nowhere.
Error comes up when I try to save a file - closing the program and losing all
the work. Software works fine until I try to save. Have tried to save in
multiple file formats and locations - to no avail.

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.

Any ideas????

Thanks.

  #2  
Old October 3rd 05, 08:31 PM
Mart
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Have you tried the Knowledge Base? There were some 20 issues raised when
simply searching for 'excel save' as keywords, maybe something there might
help. Perhaps a good starting point would be "How to troubleshoot errors
when you save Excel files"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271513

Good luck

Mart


"canna" wrote in message
...
I have Office 97 running on a windows me machine. Been using the Excel for
months on this machine with no problems.
Suddenly started receiving "excel has caused an error in excel.exe. if you
continue to have problems please restart your computer" error out of
nowhere.
Error comes up when I try to save a file - closing the program and losing
all
the work. Software works fine until I try to save. Have tried to save in
multiple file formats and locations - to no avail.

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.

Any ideas????

Thanks.



  #3  
Old October 4th 05, 08:14 PM
Noel Paton
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....it would also be useful if you were to tell us which version of Excel you
are using??


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"Mart" wrote in message
...
Have you tried the Knowledge Base? There were some 20 issues raised when
simply searching for 'excel save' as keywords, maybe something there might
help. Perhaps a good starting point would be "How to troubleshoot errors
when you save Excel files"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271513

Good luck

Mart


"canna" wrote in message
...
I have Office 97 running on a windows me machine. Been using the Excel for
months on this machine with no problems.
Suddenly started receiving "excel has caused an error in excel.exe. if
you
continue to have problems please restart your computer" error out of
nowhere.
Error comes up when I try to save a file - closing the program and losing
all
the work. Software works fine until I try to save. Have tried to save in
multiple file formats and locations - to no avail.

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.

Any ideas????

Thanks.





  #4  
Old October 5th 05, 05:47 PM
canna
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I'm using Excel 97 SR1 that came with my Office 97 CD.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

....it would also be useful if you were to tell us which version of Excel you
are using??


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Have you tried the Knowledge Base? There were some 20 issues raised when
simply searching for 'excel save' as keywords, maybe something there might
help. Perhaps a good starting point would be "How to troubleshoot errors
when you save Excel files"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271513

Good luck

Mart


"canna" wrote in message
...
I have Office 97 running on a windows me machine. Been using the Excel for
months on this machine with no problems.
Suddenly started receiving "excel has caused an error in excel.exe. if
you
continue to have problems please restart your computer" error out of
nowhere.
Error comes up when I try to save a file - closing the program and losing
all
the work. Software works fine until I try to save. Have tried to save in
multiple file formats and locations - to no avail.

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.

Any ideas????

Thanks.






  #5  
Old October 5th 05, 08:29 PM
Noel Paton
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One has to wonder what you're doing running Excel 97 on a Windows Millennium
system - and can only assume that the problem may be related to the
probability that the system you were originally supplied with was
Win98-based, (probably First edition) and that you have since upgraded to
ME......

Have you recently installed any updates from Windows Updates or from Office
Updates???

Unfortunately both Office 97 and Win ME are no longer in full support from
MS - and I can find no references to your exact error message at MS - so it
may be that you are SOL without some heavy-hitter backing.......


That said - go to Windows Updates, and make sure that you have installed ALL
the 'Critical' updates, and any others that relate to Office - then go to
the Office site (office.microsoft.com) and see what's available there.

I've copied this response to a specialist Excel newsgroup - please respond
directly to any answers you may get from there.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"canna" wrote in message
...
I'm using Excel 97 SR1 that came with my Office 97 CD.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

....it would also be useful if you were to tell us which version of Excel
you
are using??


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Have you tried the Knowledge Base? There were some 20 issues raised
when
simply searching for 'excel save' as keywords, maybe something there
might
help. Perhaps a good starting point would be "How to troubleshoot
errors
when you save Excel files"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271513

Good luck

Mart


"canna" wrote in message
...
I have Office 97 running on a windows me machine. Been using the Excel
for
months on this machine with no problems.
Suddenly started receiving "excel has caused an error in excel.exe. if
you
continue to have problems please restart your computer" error out of
nowhere.
Error comes up when I try to save a file - closing the program and
losing
all
the work. Software works fine until I try to save. Have tried to save
in
multiple file formats and locations - to no avail.

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.

Any ideas????

Thanks.








  #6  
Old October 6th 05, 12:51 PM
canna
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Thanks Noel,

One has to wonder what you're doing running Excel 97 on a Windows Millennium
system

I refuse to pay the price for a later version as I don't really use it that
often. My PC was bought with ME already installed and has not had any other
operating system installed. I then installed Office 97 at a later date.

I think it has got to be something I've installed as it worked fine the last
time I used it, about 6 months ago. (Just shows how much I use Excel).

I'll try installing all the latest updates as you suggested.

Cheers.



"Noel Paton" wrote:

One has to wonder what you're doing running Excel 97 on a Windows Millennium
system - and can only assume that the problem may be related to the
probability that the system you were originally supplied with was
Win98-based, (probably First edition) and that you have since upgraded to
ME......

Have you recently installed any updates from Windows Updates or from Office
Updates???

Unfortunately both Office 97 and Win ME are no longer in full support from
MS - and I can find no references to your exact error message at MS - so it
may be that you are SOL without some heavy-hitter backing.......


That said - go to Windows Updates, and make sure that you have installed ALL
the 'Critical' updates, and any others that relate to Office - then go to
the Office site (office.microsoft.com) and see what's available there.

I've copied this response to a specialist Excel newsgroup - please respond
directly to any answers you may get from there.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"canna" wrote in message
...
I'm using Excel 97 SR1 that came with my Office 97 CD.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

....it would also be useful if you were to tell us which version of Excel
you
are using??


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Have you tried the Knowledge Base? There were some 20 issues raised
when
simply searching for 'excel save' as keywords, maybe something there
might
help. Perhaps a good starting point would be "How to troubleshoot
errors
when you save Excel files"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271513

Good luck

Mart


"canna" wrote in message
...
I have Office 97 running on a windows me machine. Been using the Excel
for
months on this machine with no problems.
Suddenly started receiving "excel has caused an error in excel.exe. if
you
continue to have problems please restart your computer" error out of
nowhere.
Error comes up when I try to save a file - closing the program and
losing
all
the work. Software works fine until I try to save. Have tried to save
in
multiple file formats and locations - to no avail.

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.

Any ideas????

Thanks.









  #7  
Old October 6th 05, 04:45 PM
Mart
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Default

canna, you wrote earlier :-

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.


Did you 'over-install' or delete (remove) your copy of Excel 97 first?

Try deleting (removing) and then re-boot and clean-install Excel 97 (or
Office 97 if necessary)
An over-install may not be 'fixing' the issue - e.g. a corrupted registry
key or file not being overwritten.

BTW - If you have to delete (remove) the program(s), you *shouldn't* lose
any data, (but back-up your documents anyway!!) only personalised settings
(e.g. printer or font settings, templates, etc.) which you may have made.

Mart


"canna" wrote in message
...
Thanks Noel,

One has to wonder what you're doing running Excel 97 on a Windows
Millennium
system

I refuse to pay the price for a later version as I don't really use it
that
often. My PC was bought with ME already installed and has not had any
other
operating system installed. I then installed Office 97 at a later date.

I think it has got to be something I've installed as it worked fine the
last
time I used it, about 6 months ago. (Just shows how much I use Excel).

I'll try installing all the latest updates as you suggested.

Cheers.



"Noel Paton" wrote:

One has to wonder what you're doing running Excel 97 on a Windows
Millennium
system - and can only assume that the problem may be related to the
probability that the system you were originally supplied with was
Win98-based, (probably First edition) and that you have since upgraded to
ME......

Have you recently installed any updates from Windows Updates or from
Office
Updates???

Unfortunately both Office 97 and Win ME are no longer in full support
from
MS - and I can find no references to your exact error message at MS - so
it
may be that you are SOL without some heavy-hitter backing.......


That said - go to Windows Updates, and make sure that you have installed
ALL
the 'Critical' updates, and any others that relate to Office - then go to
the Office site (office.microsoft.com) and see what's available there.

I've copied this response to a specialist Excel newsgroup - please
respond
directly to any answers you may get from there.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"canna" wrote in message
...
I'm using Excel 97 SR1 that came with my Office 97 CD.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

....it would also be useful if you were to tell us which version of
Excel
you
are using??


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Have you tried the Knowledge Base? There were some 20 issues raised
when
simply searching for 'excel save' as keywords, maybe something there
might
help. Perhaps a good starting point would be "How to troubleshoot
errors
when you save Excel files"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271513

Good luck

Mart


"canna" wrote in message
...
I have Office 97 running on a windows me machine. Been using the
Excel
for
months on this machine with no problems.
Suddenly started receiving "excel has caused an error in excel.exe.
if
you
continue to have problems please restart your computer" error out
of
nowhere.
Error comes up when I try to save a file - closing the program and
losing
all
the work. Software works fine until I try to save. Have tried to
save
in
multiple file formats and locations - to no avail.

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.

Any ideas????

Thanks.











  #8  
Old October 8th 05, 10:38 AM
canna
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Mart, thanks for your reply.

Yes I did over install. I've just done as you said and completly removed
everything and install it again.

And it's only worked like a charm, problem fixed.

Thanks mate.


"Mart" wrote:

canna, you wrote earlier :-

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.


Did you 'over-install' or delete (remove) your copy of Excel 97 first?

Try deleting (removing) and then re-boot and clean-install Excel 97 (or
Office 97 if necessary)
An over-install may not be 'fixing' the issue - e.g. a corrupted registry
key or file not being overwritten.

BTW - If you have to delete (remove) the program(s), you *shouldn't* lose
any data, (but back-up your documents anyway!!) only personalised settings
(e.g. printer or font settings, templates, etc.) which you may have made.

Mart


"canna" wrote in message
...
Thanks Noel,

One has to wonder what you're doing running Excel 97 on a Windows
Millennium
system

I refuse to pay the price for a later version as I don't really use it
that
often. My PC was bought with ME already installed and has not had any
other
operating system installed. I then installed Office 97 at a later date.

I think it has got to be something I've installed as it worked fine the
last
time I used it, about 6 months ago. (Just shows how much I use Excel).

I'll try installing all the latest updates as you suggested.

Cheers.



"Noel Paton" wrote:

One has to wonder what you're doing running Excel 97 on a Windows
Millennium
system - and can only assume that the problem may be related to the
probability that the system you were originally supplied with was
Win98-based, (probably First edition) and that you have since upgraded to
ME......

Have you recently installed any updates from Windows Updates or from
Office
Updates???

Unfortunately both Office 97 and Win ME are no longer in full support
from
MS - and I can find no references to your exact error message at MS - so
it
may be that you are SOL without some heavy-hitter backing.......


That said - go to Windows Updates, and make sure that you have installed
ALL
the 'Critical' updates, and any others that relate to Office - then go to
the Office site (office.microsoft.com) and see what's available there.

I've copied this response to a specialist Excel newsgroup - please
respond
directly to any answers you may get from there.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"canna" wrote in message
...
I'm using Excel 97 SR1 that came with my Office 97 CD.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

....it would also be useful if you were to tell us which version of
Excel
you
are using??


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Have you tried the Knowledge Base? There were some 20 issues raised
when
simply searching for 'excel save' as keywords, maybe something there
might
help. Perhaps a good starting point would be "How to troubleshoot
errors
when you save Excel files"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271513

Good luck

Mart


"canna" wrote in message
...
I have Office 97 running on a windows me machine. Been using the
Excel
for
months on this machine with no problems.
Suddenly started receiving "excel has caused an error in excel.exe.
if
you
continue to have problems please restart your computer" error out
of
nowhere.
Error comes up when I try to save a file - closing the program and
losing
all
the work. Software works fine until I try to save. Have tried to
save
in
multiple file formats and locations - to no avail.

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.

Any ideas????

Thanks.












  #9  
Old October 8th 05, 03:24 PM
Mart
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You're welcome canna. Good to hear that it's fixed - it may have been
regarded as a sledge-hammer to crack a nut, but at least it was quick and
painless g and thanks for the feedback - it's appreciated.

Mart



"canna" wrote in message
...
Mart, thanks for your reply.

Yes I did over install. I've just done as you said and completly removed
everything and install it again.

And it's only worked like a charm, problem fixed.

Thanks mate.


"Mart" wrote:

canna, you wrote earlier :-

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.


Did you 'over-install' or delete (remove) your copy of Excel 97 first?

Try deleting (removing) and then re-boot and clean-install Excel 97 (or
Office 97 if necessary)
An over-install may not be 'fixing' the issue - e.g. a corrupted registry
key or file not being overwritten.

BTW - If you have to delete (remove) the program(s), you *shouldn't* lose
any data, (but back-up your documents anyway!!) only personalised
settings
(e.g. printer or font settings, templates, etc.) which you may have made.

Mart


"canna" wrote in message
...
Thanks Noel,

One has to wonder what you're doing running Excel 97 on a Windows
Millennium
system

I refuse to pay the price for a later version as I don't really use it
that
often. My PC was bought with ME already installed and has not had any
other
operating system installed. I then installed Office 97 at a later date.

I think it has got to be something I've installed as it worked fine the
last
time I used it, about 6 months ago. (Just shows how much I use Excel).

I'll try installing all the latest updates as you suggested.

Cheers.



"Noel Paton" wrote:

One has to wonder what you're doing running Excel 97 on a Windows
Millennium
system - and can only assume that the problem may be related to the
probability that the system you were originally supplied with was
Win98-based, (probably First edition) and that you have since upgraded
to
ME......

Have you recently installed any updates from Windows Updates or from
Office
Updates???

Unfortunately both Office 97 and Win ME are no longer in full support
from
MS - and I can find no references to your exact error message at MS -
so
it
may be that you are SOL without some heavy-hitter backing.......


That said - go to Windows Updates, and make sure that you have
installed
ALL
the 'Critical' updates, and any others that relate to Office - then go
to
the Office site (office.microsoft.com) and see what's available there.

I've copied this response to a specialist Excel newsgroup - please
respond
directly to any answers you may get from there.



--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to
NG's

"canna" wrote in message
...
I'm using Excel 97 SR1 that came with my Office 97 CD.

"Noel Paton" wrote:

....it would also be useful if you were to tell us which version of
Excel
you
are using??


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages
to
NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Have you tried the Knowledge Base? There were some 20 issues
raised
when
simply searching for 'excel save' as keywords, maybe something
there
might
help. Perhaps a good starting point would be "How to troubleshoot
errors
when you save Excel files"
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;271513

Good luck

Mart


"canna" wrote in message
...
I have Office 97 running on a windows me machine. Been using the
Excel
for
months on this machine with no problems.
Suddenly started receiving "excel has caused an error in
excel.exe.
if
you
continue to have problems please restart your computer" error
out
of
nowhere.
Error comes up when I try to save a file - closing the program
and
losing
all
the work. Software works fine until I try to save. Have tried to
save
in
multiple file formats and locations - to no avail.

I reinstalled excel from the office cd. No help. Same message.

Any ideas????

Thanks.














  #10  
Old October 8th 05, 05:11 PM
Noel Paton
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(nice catch, Mart!)

--
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Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's

"Mart" wrote in message
...
You're welcome canna. Good to hear that it's fixed - it may have been
regarded as a sledge-hammer to crack a nut, but at least it was quick and
painless g and thanks for the feedback - it's appreciated.

Mart





 




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