Dellinks.exe wizard

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Bonnie McCracken

hi,
I have downloaded this wizard (to delete links in excel)
and cannot get it to work!! I try to open it, it asks
where I want the files, I specify the add-ins folder in
Program files, then I go to excel -> tools -> add ins,
browse to find my file, and it says it's not a valid add
in. How do I use this wizard? It's exacltly what I need
but I can't seem to get it to work!
thank you.
 
Bonnie,

when you run it, the dellinks.exe extracts an xla (add-in) and a readme.txt
file. The txt file contains instructions on what to do, and you WILL need
to read this document to get it to work properly as it's not as straight
forward as you may think.

If you're having trouble finding links (and you can't find them in
Edit-->Links), I'd check to see if you have any named ranges that contains
links (go to Insert-->Name-->Define and check in there) and if that fails
then try to the dellinks.exe after you've read the instructions.

From memory you have to unhide and close down the personal.xls and then run
the add-in, but it's been a while since I used it.

HTH,
Katherine
 
thank you Katherine. I had no idea that the extraction was
creating a text file. For some reason, the text file that
was created (when I extracted the wizard files yesterday)
has a modified date of 1998, so if it weren't for your
note I would have never thought to open this file. It's 10
pages long too!! So it certainly should address all of my
questions. Thanks again.
 
no problem - feel free to repost if you have any more questions.

Cheers,
Katherine
 
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