Access 97

[Guest]

I have Microsoft Office 97 Professional. My platform is Windows 98. I have
been using Office and this computer for a long, long time and the following
problem has not occurred before.

When trying to create a table by importing an Excel file, I do not see Excel
nor any of the various file formats. I have reinstalled the software and data
access components many, many times - even going so far as to remove Office
and reinstall it. I have also installed the additional converters in the
Valupack (again many times), but that does not solve the problem either.

In the past I have been able to reinstall and "change options" to select
Data Access, which resolves the issue. However, this is not doing the job and
I am still unable to import from an Excel file as "files of type" will not
show Excel files.

I have also looked on the MS website but can find no answers.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Look for the file msexcl32.dll (it should be in system folder), and use
regsvr32.exe to reregister it. While you're at it, you might do the same for
msxbse35.dll, mspdox35.dll and mstext35.dll

This is essentially what's discussed in
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=155666
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=171955

 

[Guest]

Thank-you...I think I can do this. However, in article 171955, step 11, how
do you "rename" files? Just rename them as the same?

Also, have read article 162226 about how to unregister driver...to
reregister, do you reenter driver name and omit the /u?

Would steps in 171955 be best to try first?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Actually, it's usually sufficient simply to try & reregister the files.

regsvr32 "c:\windows\system32\msexcl32.dll"

In fact, if you open the Start | Run box and type regsvr32 there, you can
drag the file from the folder into the box, and the entire path will be put
in for you.

Only if that doesn't work would I go to the trouble of following the entire
instructions. What the article is suggesting is to rename them to, say,
msexcl35.old, and then try to reinstall them from the CD.