Excel won't launch after applying MS Office Updates

[Guest]

I'm running XP Pro and MS Office SBE. I recently applied several updates
from Msft (XP updates first, then the Office updates suggested) and now Excel
won't launch. I tried the shortcut, the menu item and double-click on an xls
file. It looks like it's going to load the program and then just disappears
with no error message.

I ordered a CD for SP3, but really, most of those updates are on already.
I'm thinking there was a problem with one of the Office updates, but cannnot
find any references to that scenario in the General Questions group.

My question is, should I reinstall Excel, wait for the SP3 CD or what?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mohamed Shafiee]

Hi,

Try repairing msoffice. If that doesn't help, reinstall office. That is what
I do when I come across a similar problem.

Shafiee.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Ken

Try the usual fix(es) for this problem.

Tools>Options>General uncheck "Ignore other Applications"
Exit Excel and try again

If this doesn't work try to re-register Excel

Close Excel first and
On the Windows Taskbar

1) Start>Run "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)>OK.
2) Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.
See the space between exe and /regserver

You might have to designate a full path to excel.exe.
In that case Start>Run "C:\yourpath\excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP