Crash When Editing A Cell

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CW

This is an update from a previous post:

If I open a workbook by launching it from Windows
Explorer, My Computer or a Shortcut I get the, "Excel has
generated errors and will be shut down," immediately upon
trying to edit a cell. I can refresh links (if they
exist) or print or anything not related to editing a cell
without a crash. This does not appear to be related to
external data ranges because the error occurs all
workbooks regardless of embedded data.

The workaround I have been suffering through is to open
Excel then File, Open to get the workbook open. I find
the error doesn't occur if I open workbook from inside
Excel.

When I opened Excel in safe mode, I didn't get the error.

Also, after I ran /regserver, the error continued to occur.

Win2K SP4
Office Pro SP3
256 Ram
992MHz

Thanks,

CW
 
After reviewing Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 211481
with no success, I found several references to Excel.xlb
in a Google Search with Excel Startup Crash in the
restriction set.

I deleted the Excel.xlb from my local drive and the
problem seems to be fixed. I found several other
potential fixes at
www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm. I have no idea
about the validity or trustworthiness of that site owner.
 
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