Hello Steve,
Based on my experience, it shall be caused by corrupted registry key.
Usually it is not easy to find the root cause of the corrupted keys. You
may want to try the following method to completely remove/reinstall Office
2003
Step1
====
Uninstall Office 2003 on your computer from Add/Remove if possible
Step2
====
Refer to the following article to remove some Windows Installer related
registry keys
Q290301 OFFXP: Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q290/3/01.asp
Step 3
=======
Delete the keys in the registry
From the Start menu, go to Run…, type REGEDIT and press Enter.
Locate the following keys and delete them. If you cannot find one key, just
skip it and try the next key.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\<OfficeGUID>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Produc
ts\<OfficeGUID>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\Installer\Products\<Office GUID>
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Office
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\<Offi
ceGUID>
Step 4
========
Save the registry value and delete it.
Locate the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserD
ata\<SID>\products\<OfficeGUID>
In the Registry menu, click "Export Registry File", type a file name, and
then click Save.
On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click Yes.
Quit Registry Editor.
Step 5
=====
Delete remaining folders
In Windows Explorer, locate and delete the following folders:
<drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
Step6
=====
Upgrade Office 2003 to latest Service Pack.
Best Regards,
Peter Yang
MCSE2000/2003, MCSA, MCDBA
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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| Subject: Re: Office Links - Excel not Working
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| Thanks Peter,
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| I have tried what you recommend. The problem still occurs if I use the
| Export action as you describe (and I tried both of the available xls file
| format options). I have only one version of Office (2003) installed. I
| have repaired the installation, but the problem persists. Any other
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| | > Hello Joshua,
| >
| > I know the issue occurs if you click Office links->Analyze it with
| > Mcirosoft Excel. I'd like to confirm if the issue occurs when you right
| > click the report->Export, and select Microsof Excel as output format.
| > Also,
| > do you have multiple versions of Office installed on this machine?
| >
| > If there is only one veresion of Office installed, you may want to
repair
| > Office via Add/Remove Programs to test the situation. Also, if you have
| > different versions of Office installed, you need to remove Access and
try
| > to install it to a different folder to test.
| >
| > Best Regards,
| >
| > Peter Yang
| > MCSE2000/2003, MCSA, MCDBA
| > Microsoft Online Partner Support
| >
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| > that others may learn and benefit from your issue.
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| > | From: "Joshua A. Booker" <
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| > | Subject: Office Links - Excel not Working
| > | Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:39:52 -0500
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| > | Hi there,
| > |
| > | I use the office links menu to export a report to excel. This stopped
| > | working. The 'outputting...' message poops up for a second and no
excel
| > | file gets created nor does it open excel.
| > |
| > | Has anyone seen this before?
| > |
| > | TIA,
| > | Josh
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
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