Excel Reinstall

Last night I finished working on some spreadsheets. I closed them and shut
off the computer. This morning I woke up and when I tried to launch excel,
Windows wanted to install excel and asked me for the cd. Why would it do
that? I'm overseas and didn't bring the cd (duh).

Hi Brian,

> This morning I woke up and when I tried to launch excel,
> Windows wanted to install excel and asked me for the cd. Why would it do
> that? I'm overseas and didn't bring the cd (duh).

It might still run if you just cancel the install immediately.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
http://www.jkp-ads.com
Member of:
Professional Office Developer Association
www.proofficedev.com

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried that earlier to no avail. I first tried to
launch excel by itself, then tried to open a spreadsheet. Neither worked.
Both caused the instal dialogue box to open. After cancelling the install I
was back where I started.

"Jan Karel Pieterse" wrote:

> Hi Brian,
>
> > This morning I woke up and when I tried to launch excel,
> > Windows wanted to install excel and asked me for the cd. Why would it do
> > that? I'm overseas and didn't bring the cd (duh).
>
> It might still run if you just cancel the install immediately.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jan Karel Pieterse
> Excel MVP
> http://www.jkp-ads.com
> Member of:
> Professional Office Developer Association
> www.proofficedev.com
>
>