#NAME? error with MSN stock quote function

[Travis]

I asked this in the general forum but realized it probably belongs here.

My msnstockquotes function suddenly stopped working. I run Excel 2007. A
worksheet I had created with numerous quote functions blew up a few days ago.
When I try to put a formula in a new workbook, I get a message that says "The
function that retrieves quotes failed. See MSN Money Stock Quotes for
possible causes."

I did, and it only had advice for Excel 2002. Still, I followed the
suggestions that I saw, even to the extent of uninstalling and reinstalling
the add-in. I notice MS has a "Stock Quotes for Excel 4.0" that they charge
$90 for. Did they disable the old quote feature so they could start charging
for the new one?

 

[ShaneDevenshire]

Hi,

I don't know if this is the problem, but I have 3 dll's for the stock quotes
attached and I'm not sure which ones are needed. They are:
MSN MoneyCentral Stock Quotes Function Add-In
MSN MoneyCentral Stock Quotes UI Add-In
MSNStockQuote.Functions

With these installed everything works fine. Of course some of this may be
overkill.

 

[Pete]

Hi Shane, The same thing happened to me, suddendly after several years using
MSN Stock Quote, they stopped working. The Microsoft solution of uninstalling
and re-installing has no effect. Could you send those 3 dll's over. Something
wacky is going on as more and more people seem to be affected.
Thanks for your help!
Pete

 

[Travis]

Sorry Shane. Just saw this message. Please forgive my ignorance, but where do
I find the dll's you listed and how do I install them?

 

[Brian]

Travis

Have you found a work-around?
Suddenly my quotes stopped working also.
I uninstalled/reinstalled then checked for the .DLL files (they are
installed).
I even tried going to msnstockquote.com with no luck.

Brian

 

[Travis]

Brian

No luck so far. I recently noticed a security warning that tells me
automatic update of links has been disabled. I'm not sure, but I don't think
this started at the same time as my troubles with the stock quotes. In any
case, I haven't been able to figure out how to allow automatic update of
links, so I don't know if this will solve the problem or not. Where did you
look for the .dll files?

Travis