Can't start excel 2000

[Steven]

I can't open excel 2000...
It gives an "illegal operation" error message.
I tried to reinstall the office 2000, but it doesn't help.
let me know if you have solution.
Thank you

 

[Rob Bovey]

I can't open excel 2000...
It gives an "illegal operation" error message.
I tried to reinstall the office 2000, but it doesn't help.
let me know if you have solution.
Thank you

Hi Steven,

This isn't guaranteed to solve the problem, but it's worth a try. Use
Windows Explorer to search all of your hard disks for files with a .XLB
extension. Delete any that you find. Excel uses these file to store
information about its toolbar configuration, but they commonly become
corrupted and cause strange errors like this. Excel will recreate new
default versions if you delete the old corrupt ones, but you will lose any
toolbar customizations you've made in Excel.

--
Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP
Application Professionals
http://www.appspro.com/

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[Jorge Almeida]

-----Original Message-----
I can't open excel 2000...
It gives an "illegal operation" error message.
I tried to reinstall the office 2000, but it doesn't help.
let me know if you have solution.
Thank you
.