If Excel loads the file, the add-in you last turned off is causing the problem. To do this, follow the steps for your operating system. I also searched on the dll but when I saw add-ins and you mentioned databases I figured you are an advance user and likely have a few. This enables you to launch Excel simply by selecting this button. Sometimes I get the same thing. Software When a user is opening a second Excel sheet the following error message appears: 'Excel cannot complete this task with available resources.
In my machine it shows all the add-ins installed in excel and all information properly in the summary section. Before you start Microsoft Office Excel, you can make sure that a specific workbook or a workbook template or worksheet template that has custom settings opens automatically when you start Excel. Just for comparison would need to know what version you are running for Excel and if you have any Excel Addins or templates missing on network drive. Microsoft Office I'm not sure if it because the files are 2003 or not? Plus, I have sold a number of workbooks to several technologically challenged offices which are unable to go through all the steps required for the fix. Type command into the Desktop Search box and then right-click on the Command Prompt menu entry and select the Run as Administrator item. If you want Cortana, the voice-activated online Windows assistant, to launch Excel 2016 for you, click the microphone icon in this text box that is now called Ask Me Anything.
Is this something to think about? I do a full backup twice weekly and keep the last 20, so I have plenty to choose from! We would like to know if you've performed the Online Repair. I've done this morning a complete reinstall of Office, and so far so good, but it's an intermittent problem, so I'll need to go a few days before I'm convinced! If Excel starts in Safe mode, begin disabling add-ins one at a time. These types of problems may occur for one or more of the reasons listed below. Your Excel app may have an issue with its configuration that is why it only shows a gray page when you attempt to open an Excel file. Check whether your antivirus software is up-to-date: To keep up with new viruses that are created, antivirus software vendors periodically provide updates that you can download from the Internet. Currently have two users that are having trouble with Excel not opening. .
Microsoft has to come up with a permanent solution to this problem it has created, and soon. On the worksheet, include the formatting, styles, text, and other information that you want to appear on all new worksheets that will be based on the worksheet template. From: I removed my template paths that were pointing to network drive, but it still did not fix this issue. We recommend that you run the Online Repair tool to resolve the issue. I included the following prerequisites : -Windows Installer 3. To install the latest Office updates, follow the steps in this article:.
Check whether your file is being generated by a third party Sometimes Excel files are generated by a third-party application. I tried the above and it fixed the delayed opening but then when you close the file another copy is immediately opened. You will have to use Words settings to change locations: Start Word 2007, click the Office button and choose Word Options, Advanced and locate the General group. In this case, you can disable all Excel integration within the antivirus software. Select the Expand button with the caret pointing downward to display your Office applications where you click Excel 2016. If you go to another window or even right-click on the empty page and then click off again it opens. Follow the provided solutions in this article in order.
You can hide sheets, rows, and columns and prevent changes to worksheet cells. The spreadsheet should be displayed. Because Excel will try to open every file in the alternate startup folder, make sure that you specify a folder that contains only files that Excel can open. I need to do some mass edits and thought that using the Excel Add-in is the way to go. A couple other clients, using the same form, but other versions of Excel 2016 have experienced the same issue.
However, the next morning the problem resurfaces. Tip: You can also right-click that icon, click Properties, and then remove any references to the workbook on the Shortcut tab. Well using the above might be help identify what the problem is caused by but it only makes the file open delay delay worse for me. He got a notice that his 365 susbscription expired. The form runs fine on Excel 2010. I use a workbook with multiple vba modules which simply will not open after the latest Office update.
If disabling add-ins did not resolve your issue, continue on to the next item on the list. With that number of looks it's unlikely to just be just idle curiosity. There have been many conversations with Microsoft on their forum about this issue links below. I could restore a backup from just before the Fall Update, and use 1703 for a few more months to see what happens, so there are plenty of options. This same problem happens when I am using window explorer to double click a file launching Excel and opening the file. It usually opens just fine for the next 10 or 20 runs, sometimes goes for a couple of days! In console's main method write something like this: System. Investigate Excel file details and contents Excel files can exist on the computer for a long time.
But so far this one has been the best solution I could find. However, when I open the data in Excel from the PowerApps site, I get the following error in a yellow box on the right side of the excel screen with no data in fields, just the field titles at the top: Add in Error This add-in could not be started. Well that theory didn't last long. It is getting worse by the day. App is working fine and I imported info from our old Access database. Then reboot, and ask the user to log in again.