Toolbar problem causes screen to freeze

[PAULSMITH13]

xp pc about a year old has been working fine. Suddenly when I open M
Excel 2000 it will load s/s and allow manipulation of data but as soo
as I try to use the tool bar the software freezes and cannot be used.

Virus definitions up to date and no virus showing.

Anybody got any thoughts

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

Maybe you have a corrupt toolbar file, look for a file with the extension
*.xlb
Rename the extension to *.bak or move it from the folder, then excel will
create a new
file. Of course if you have configured it a lot you have to do that again
but if it stops
excel from crashing I am sure it's worth it.

 

[Jonathan Rynd]

xp pc about a year old has been working fine. Suddenly when I open MS
Excel 2000 it will load s/s and allow manipulation of data but as soon
as I try to use the tool bar the software freezes and cannot be used.

This is often caused by a corrupt toolbar (.XLB) file.

If you remove all your *.XLB files (use Start/Search/Find files or folders)
and recreate them/reinstall them/redownload them, the problem should go
away.

 

[David McRitchie]

Hi Paul,
Possibly you copied the toolbar from a backup and the
pathname is incorrect on the buttons. Possibly use of a network.

You can do some checking with the macro in
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/barhopper.htm

Other things concerning Toolbars on my Toolbars page
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/toolbars.htm