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Excel - Office XP

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  • 29-08-2004 4:26pm
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    Celt
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    I recently formatted, reinstalled excel and tried open a .xls I was using previously, and it asks to enable macros(click yes) then password(input password), then shows this screen untitled.JPG

    Afterwards the .xls works fine, but as soon as I close excel and open it again, it installs again.


    Any ideas?(and its not just with one .xls file)

    Have tried reinstalling office, still same problem.


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    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Have you tried leaving the Office CD in the drive and then going through the motions with opening the worksheet?


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    Dr. Dre
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    Could possibly be something to do with "install on first use"
    Did you do a full install or a custom/typical one?


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    Celt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭Celt


    Dr. Dre wrote:
    Could possibly be something to do with "install on first use"
    Did you do a full install or a custom/typical one?
    Full, both times


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Next time you open Excel, go to Tools -> Add-Ins... and untick everything there.

    Try open it again and see what happens....


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    The good old "install on first time use" can be considered a copy protection system. But it is such an annoyance.


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    Celt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭Celt


    Capt'n Midnight wrote:
    The good old "install on first time use" can be considered a copy protection system. But it is such an annoyance.
    Unfortunately it happens every single time I use the same excel sheet.


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,822 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    If the document users features that are still on the CD it will ask for the CD.
    Even if you have the CD you might need to have admin rights to add/remove the relevant bits.

    If you don't install from the CD it won't go away.

    If you don't have the CD (WHY NOT !!) Try www.openoffice.org instead :D


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