Excel 2000 stops responding when start
Jan Karel Pieterse
Try opening Excel without any addins or hidden workbooks:
Start, Run,
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office\Excel.exe" /Automation
Quotes mandatory, Note you may have to change the path.
If your error disappears, there is either an add-in or a
(hidden) workbook that is loaded upon XL's start, which
bothers you.
- Try locating the XLSTART directory, move everything from
there.
- In XL: Tools, Addins, note the ones checked and uncheck
them one at the time, each time restarting XL
- In XL, Tools, options, general. Check if a path is
entered after "Alternate startup file location". Clear it.
Another option is to open XL in Safe mode (you already did
that):
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.exe" /Safe
Also, you might try:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office\Excel.exe" /Regserver
Yet another possible problem is a corruption of your
toolbar customisation file. Locate all files with
extension .xlb and rename the extension(s) to something
like .old
Now try and start XL again.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;Q280504
And this about startup switches:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-
us;q211481
Regards,
Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel TA/MVP
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi all,
>
>We have a computer running Win ME and office 2000. When
>Excel starts it shows the initial box with its name and
>registration number. But then the computer hangs
>completly. Excel can be started in save mode and fine.
>
>Is there anybody who has a clue??
>
>Cheers,
>Hajo
>.
>