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These are the steps to fix Excel without Uninstalling and Reinstalling Windows 98 Win98 - Excel 97 Click Start -> Find -> Files or Folders In the "Named" box type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Find window Clcik Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\8.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\8.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors Win98 - Excel 2000 Click Start -> Find -> Files or Folders In the box labeled "Named" type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Search window Click Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\9.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\9.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors Win98 - Excel 2002 Click Start -> Find -> Files or Folders In the box labeled "Named" type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Search window Click Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\10.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\10.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors Windows Millennium WinME - Excel 97 Click Start -> Search -> For Files or Folders In the box labeled "SEarch for Files or Folders Named" type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Search window Click Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\8.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\8.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors WinME - Excel 2000 Click Start -> Search -> For Files or Folders In the box labeled "Search for Files or Folders Named" type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Search window Click Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\9.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\9.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors WinME - Excel 2002 Click Start -> Search -> For Files or Folders In the box labeled "Search for Files or Folders Named" type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Search window Click Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\10.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\10.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors Windows 2000 Win2k - Excel 97 Click Start -> Search -> For Files or Folders In the box labeled "Search for Files or Folders Named" type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Search window Click Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\8.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\8.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors Win2k - Excel 2000 Click Start -> Search -> For Files or Folders In the box labeled "Search for Files or Folders Named" type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Search window Click Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\9.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\9.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors Win2k - 2002 Click Start -> Search -> For Files or Folders In the box labeled "Search for Files or Folders Named" type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Search window Click Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\10.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\10.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors Windows XP WinXP - Excel 97 Click Start -> Search -> All Files or Folders In the "Search for Files or Folders Named" box type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Search window Click Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\8.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\8.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors WinXP - Excel 2000 Click Start -> Search -> For Files or Folders In the box labeled "Search for Files or Folders Named" type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Search window Click Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\9.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\9.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors WinXP - Excel 2002 Click Start -> Search -> For Files or Folders In the box labeled "Search for Files or Folders Named" type "excel.pip" (don't type the quotation marks) Click Edit -> Select All Push the "delete" key on your keyboard. This will delete the excel.pip file(s) which might be corrupted. Close the Search window Click Start -> Run Type "regedit" in the "Open" box and click OK This takes you to the registry editor. Follow these direction EXACTLY! If you do not see a folder matching one listed then skip it and go on. Delete the following keys: Hkey_current_user\software\Microsoft\office\10.0\excel Hkey_local_machine\software\Microsoft\office\10.0\excel Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft Excel Insert Microsoft OfficeDisk 1 when prompted Follow the directions and restart your system when everything is finished Try the Excel application again to see if it continues to give errors
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