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- From: bigal@wpi.WPI.EDU (Nathan Charles Crowell)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup
- Subject: Re: Excel 4.0 & General Protection Fault
- Message-ID: <1jum7oINNg8t@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 18:13:12 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.100932.1267@hsr.no>
- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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- In article <1993Jan22.100932.1267@hsr.no> rune-w@hsr.no (Rune A. Wallmark) writes:
- >Hi there!
- >
- >I'm having a "little" problem with my new Pc and Excel 4.0
- >
- >My machine:
- >
- >486 DX50
- >256 Kb cache
- >8Mb Ram
- >210 Mb Hd
- >Dos 5.0
- >Windows 3.1
- >Excel 4.0
- >Stacker 2.0 (<= can this be the problem???)
- >
- >Excel used to work fine with my old 386sx 16, but now I get these
- >"Excel caused a general protection fault in module Excel.exe in .........".
- >Then Excel terminates, and zap....! I've had this error in some of the other
- >applications too (Calculator, Winclock etc), but Excel is "the favourite".
- >
-
- I don't use Stacker, but I had similar problems with my Excel 4.0.
- It turns out that I had a corrupted excel.exe file. Another problem
- may be a corrupted permanent swap file. Fixing the swap file is easier
- to do. Simply tell Windows that you don't want one and it will delete
- the current one. Exit and re-start Windows. Then, Setup a new swap
- file from Control Panel.
-
- If this doesn't work, try reinstalling Excel. It will rebuild your excel.exe
- file. Be sure to backup any worksheets, etc., as well as your global
- macro sheet (if you've added to it).
-
- If this doesn't work, I'm afraid I don't have any other ideas....sorry!
-
- Nate
- bigal@wpi.wpi.edu
-