Can't open Excel Workbook

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Ken Ams

When trying to open an excel workbook (excel 2000 Windows
2000), after clicking enable macros (or, if clicking not
to enable macros), I get the message "Excel.exe has
generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will
need to restart the program. An error log is being
reated. OK

I can't get into spreadsheet to change any thing.

Copying the file onto a computer with Windoes NT & Excel
2000 the workbook works OK, but making minor changes then
copying back to the original computer, I still get the
same error message.

Copying the file onto a Windows NT , Excel 97 computer,
the file opens OK. When I "save as" the file to a
slightly different name, then copy it back to the original
machine, the file opens OK.

Has the original file been corrupted?
 
Hi Ken,
When trying to open an excel workbook (excel 2000 Windows
2000), after clicking enable macros (or, if clicking not
to enable macros), I get the message "Excel.exe has
generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will
need to restart the program. An error log is being
reated. OK

I can't get into spreadsheet to change any thing.

Copying the file onto a computer with Windoes NT & Excel
2000 the workbook works OK, but making minor changes then
copying back to the original computer, I still get the
same error message.

Copying the file onto a Windows NT , Excel 97 computer,
the file opens OK. When I "save as" the file to a
slightly different name, then copy it back to the original
machine, the file opens OK.

Has the original file been corrupted?
Click to expand...

Sounds like it.

sometimes a corrupt file that still can be opened, can be cured using
this method (Excel 2000 or up):

Open the file
Save-as filetype Webpage
Close the file
Open the html file
Save-as normal Excel workbook.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
www.jkp-ads.com
 
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