MS Excel Problem

My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it.
Now, however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other
W10 PC, and it works just fine.

I need help. Sorry if OT.
Sam

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My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it.
Now, however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other
W10 PC, and it works just fine.

I need help. Sorry if OT.
Sam



Calling it OT might be nit-picking, but since you're running it on Win10, I
wouldn't think it is. But that's just my HAWO :-)

Have you tried doing a repair of Excel? Go to Control PanelPrograms and
Features, scroll down to either MS Excel or MS Office (however it was
installed in the first place), highlight it and click on Repair from the
Uninstall/Change/Repair selections at the top of the program list. I am also
running MS Office 2003, and have seen Excel and Outlook get broken after a
MS Update. Repair has always worked for me (so far, knock on wood).
--

SC Tom

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 07:07:53 -0400, wrote:

My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it.
Now, however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

This is Microsoft's way of telling you to upgrade to a later version
because they no longer wish to support old software. I have the same
issue with Corel Video Studio X6 from 2012 or so. I can't properly
install it and even with workarounds, the software crashes when
anything is done. Microsoft has no interest in supporting older
software at all and feel that charging you about $7 a month (in
Canada) to constantly have the latest version of their Office suite is
a fair compromise. This is where the strength of open-source software
is highlighted as it is constantly free whether to download or to
update. Chances are that free software like LibreOffice will load
your .XLS files properly and do the same task without any issue if you
choose to try it out.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other
W10 PC, and it works just fine.

If the other PC also has Excel 2003 on it and it loads fine, I would
suggest that a registry issue might be the cause. If you used a
registry cleaner on one PC and not the other, that "cleaner" might
have removed entries necessary to ensure stability. I've stopped using
registry cleaner for that exact reason.

On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 07:20:42 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:



wrote in message
news
My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it.
Now, however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other
W10 PC, and it works just fine.

I need help. Sorry if OT.
Sam



Calling it OT might be nit-picking, but since you're running it on Win10, I
wouldn't think it is. But that's just my HAWO :-)

Have you tried doing a repair of Excel? Go to Control PanelPrograms and
Features, scroll down to either MS Excel or MS Office (however it was
installed in the first place), highlight it and click on Repair from the
Uninstall/Change/Repair selections at the top of the program list. I am also
running MS Office 2003, and have seen Excel and Outlook get broken after a
MS Update. Repair has always worked for me (so far, knock on wood).

I actually uninstalled word/excel, and completely reinstalled same.
Twice. Same result.
Thanks
Sam

On 06/06/2018 12:07, wrote:
My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it.
Now, however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other
W10 PC, and it works just fine.

I need help. Sorry if OT.
Sam


Widows 10 version 1803 (64bit) breaks MS Excel but the 32bit is OK.
Either revert Windows 10 to an earlier version or wait for MS to rectify
it (unlikely!!). A work around has been suggested:
1. Select all cells, change justification to something different.
2. Enter you data or whatever.
3. Select all cells, change justification back.
4. Save

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:21:29 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 07:20:42 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:



wrote in message
news
My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it.
Now, however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other
W10 PC, and it works just fine.

I need help. Sorry if OT.
Sam



Calling it OT might be nit-picking, but since you're running it on Win10, I
wouldn't think it is. But that's just my HAWO :-)

Have you tried doing a repair of Excel? Go to Control PanelPrograms and
Features, scroll down to either MS Excel or MS Office (however it was
installed in the first place), highlight it and click on Repair from the
Uninstall/Change/Repair selections at the top of the program list. I am also
running MS Office 2003, and have seen Excel and Outlook get broken after a
MS Update. Repair has always worked for me (so far, knock on wood).

I actually uninstalled word/excel, and completely reinstalled same.
Twice. Same result.
Thanks
Sam

Libre Office seems to work for me.
Thank You
Sam

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 08:01:58 -0400, SilverSlimer wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 07:07:53 -0400, wrote:

My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it. Now,
however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

This is Microsoft's way of telling you to upgrade to a later version
because they no longer wish to support old software. I have the same
issue with Corel Video Studio X6 from 2012 or so. I can't properly
install it and even with workarounds, the software crashes when anything
is done. Microsoft has no interest in supporting older software at all
and feel that charging you about $7 a month (in Canada) to constantly
have the latest version of their Office suite is a fair compromise. This
is where the strength of open-source software is highlighted as it is
constantly free whether to download or to update. Chances are that free
software like LibreOffice will load your .XLS files properly and do the
same task without any issue if you choose to try it out.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other W10
PC, and it works just fine.

If the other PC also has Excel 2003 on it and it loads fine, I would
suggest that a registry issue might be the cause. If you used a registry
cleaner on one PC and not the other, that "cleaner" might have removed
entries necessary to ensure stability. I've stopped using registry
cleaner for that exact reason.

Please refrain from making this type of post. We have a very sensitive
contributor going by the name of GoodGuy, who gets very upset if anyone
offers a criticism of any version of Windows. This will generally cause
him to reply with an insult and refer you to Linux. Linux, I suppose can
break after an update although I haven't seen one in over three years.
Linux also shuts down and boots up as expected, so no getting a coffee
while it installs updates. It also is very polite and only upgrades the
items you check at your convenience and rarely if ever requires a re-
boot, although this behavior might be distribution dependent.
Of course you can fix the op's problem by an upgrade, then you will get
to figure out the stupid ribbon stuff cluttering up the top of the page.

On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 14:57:23 -0000 (UTC), Dave
wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 08:01:58 -0400, SilverSlimer wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 07:07:53 -0400, wrote:

My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it. Now,
however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

This is Microsoft's way of telling you to upgrade to a later version
because they no longer wish to support old software. I have the same
issue with Corel Video Studio X6 from 2012 or so. I can't properly
install it and even with workarounds, the software crashes when anything
is done. Microsoft has no interest in supporting older software at all
and feel that charging you about $7 a month (in Canada) to constantly
have the latest version of their Office suite is a fair compromise. This
is where the strength of open-source software is highlighted as it is
constantly free whether to download or to update. Chances are that free
software like LibreOffice will load your .XLS files properly and do the
same task without any issue if you choose to try it out.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other W10
PC, and it works just fine.

If the other PC also has Excel 2003 on it and it loads fine, I would
suggest that a registry issue might be the cause. If you used a registry
cleaner on one PC and not the other, that "cleaner" might have removed
entries necessary to ensure stability. I've stopped using registry
cleaner for that exact reason.

Please refrain from making this type of post. We have a very sensitive
contributor going by the name of GoodGuy, who gets very upset if anyone
offers a criticism of any version of Windows. This will generally cause
him to reply with an insult and refer you to Linux. Linux, I suppose can
break after an update although I haven't seen one in over three years.
Linux also shuts down and boots up as expected, so no getting a coffee
while it installs updates. It also is very polite and only upgrades the
items you check at your convenience and rarely if ever requires a re-
boot, although this behavior might be distribution dependent.
Of course you can fix the op's problem by an upgrade, then you will get
to figure out the stupid ribbon stuff cluttering up the top of the page.


Good grief.
I did not want to cause a rucus.
My problem is solved, as it usually is.
The helps are appreciated by this 87-yr old
I cud say more but I won't - suffice it to say I speak
Fortran/Cobol/Basic/PL1/C/ASM/Mandarin.
Cya
Sam

"bobs" wrote in message
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On 06/06/2018 12:07, wrote:
My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it.
Now, however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other
W10 PC, and it works just fine.

I need help. Sorry if OT.
Sam


Widows 10 version 1803 (64bit) breaks MS Excel but the 32bit is OK. Either
revert Windows 10 to an earlier version or wait for MS to rectify it
(unlikely!!). A work around has been suggested:
1. Select all cells, change justification to something different.
2. Enter you data or whatever.
3. Select all cells, change justification back.
4. Save

Not entirely true- I run Excel, Word, and Outlook 2003 on two Win10Pro x64
PCs without any problems. Both are v1803 Build 17134.48.
Maybe it's because you're using "Widows" :-)
--

SC Tom

On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 07:51:00 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:



"bobs" wrote in message
news
On 06/06/2018 12:07, wrote:
My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it.
Now, however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other
W10 PC, and it works just fine.

I need help. Sorry if OT.
Sam


Widows 10 version 1803 (64bit) breaks MS Excel but the 32bit is OK. Either
revert Windows 10 to an earlier version or wait for MS to rectify it
(unlikely!!). A work around has been suggested:
1. Select all cells, change justification to something different.
2. Enter you data or whatever.
3. Select all cells, change justification back.
4. Save

Not entirely true- I run Excel, Word, and Outlook 2003 on two Win10Pro x64
PCs without any problems. Both are v1803 Build 17134.48.
Maybe it's because you're using "Widows"

Good 1.
Sam

On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 14:43:11 +0100, bobs
wrote:

Widows 10 version 1803 (64bit) breaks MS Excel but the 32bit is OK.


Not true. Excel 2016 runs just fine under 64-bit Windows 10 1803 here.

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 19:42:47 -0400, SamSpade wrote:

On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 14:57:23 -0000 (UTC), Dave
wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 08:01:58 -0400, SilverSlimer wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 07:07:53 -0400, wrote:

My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it. Now,
however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

This is Microsoft's way of telling you to upgrade to a later version
because they no longer wish to support old software. I have the same
issue with Corel Video Studio X6 from 2012 or so. I can't properly
install it and even with workarounds, the software crashes when
anything is done. Microsoft has no interest in supporting older
software at all and feel that charging you about $7 a month (in
Canada) to constantly have the latest version of their Office suite is
a fair compromise. This is where the strength of open-source software
is highlighted as it is constantly free whether to download or to
update. Chances are that free software like LibreOffice will load
your .XLS files properly and do the same task without any issue if you
choose to try it out.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other
W10 PC, and it works just fine.

If the other PC also has Excel 2003 on it and it loads fine, I would
suggest that a registry issue might be the cause. If you used a
registry cleaner on one PC and not the other, that "cleaner" might
have removed entries necessary to ensure stability. I've stopped using
registry cleaner for that exact reason.

Please refrain from making this type of post. We have a very sensitive
contributor going by the name of GoodGuy, who gets very upset if anyone
offers a criticism of any version of Windows. This will generally cause
him to reply with an insult and refer you to Linux. Linux, I suppose can
break after an update although I haven't seen one in over three years.
Linux also shuts down and boots up as expected, so no getting a coffee
while it installs updates. It also is very polite and only upgrades the
items you check at your convenience and rarely if ever requires a re-
boot, although this behavior might be distribution dependent.
Of course you can fix the op's problem by an upgrade, then you will get
to figure out the stupid ribbon stuff cluttering up the top of the page.


Good grief.
I did not want to cause a rucus.
My problem is solved, as it usually is.
The helps are appreciated by this 87-yr old I cud say more but I won't -
suffice it to say I speak Fortran/Cobol/Basic/PL1/C/ASM/Mandarin.
Cya Sam

Well, I'll be 88 this month so no bragging about that, and yes, I've used
all of those but not Mandarin, Cockney used to be my preferred language,
but after I moved to the States it turns out nobody really cared what I
spoke (and maybe what I write for all I know)..

On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 16:37:24 -0000 (UTC), Dave
wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 19:42:47 -0400, SamSpade wrote:

On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 14:57:23 -0000 (UTC), Dave
wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 08:01:58 -0400, SilverSlimer wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 07:07:53 -0400, wrote:

My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it. Now,
however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

This is Microsoft's way of telling you to upgrade to a later version
because they no longer wish to support old software. I have the same
issue with Corel Video Studio X6 from 2012 or so. I can't properly
install it and even with workarounds, the software crashes when
anything is done. Microsoft has no interest in supporting older
software at all and feel that charging you about $7 a month (in
Canada) to constantly have the latest version of their Office suite is
a fair compromise. This is where the strength of open-source software
is highlighted as it is constantly free whether to download or to
update. Chances are that free software like LibreOffice will load
your .XLS files properly and do the same task without any issue if you
choose to try it out.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other
W10 PC, and it works just fine.

If the other PC also has Excel 2003 on it and it loads fine, I would
suggest that a registry issue might be the cause. If you used a
registry cleaner on one PC and not the other, that "cleaner" might
have removed entries necessary to ensure stability. I've stopped using
registry cleaner for that exact reason.

Please refrain from making this type of post. We have a very sensitive
contributor going by the name of GoodGuy, who gets very upset if anyone
offers a criticism of any version of Windows. This will generally cause
him to reply with an insult and refer you to Linux. Linux, I suppose can
break after an update although I haven't seen one in over three years.
Linux also shuts down and boots up as expected, so no getting a coffee
while it installs updates. It also is very polite and only upgrades the
items you check at your convenience and rarely if ever requires a re-
boot, although this behavior might be distribution dependent.
Of course you can fix the op's problem by an upgrade, then you will get
to figure out the stupid ribbon stuff cluttering up the top of the page.


Good grief.
I did not want to cause a rucus.
My problem is solved, as it usually is.
The helps are appreciated by this 87-yr old I cud say more but I won't -
suffice it to say I speak Fortran/Cobol/Basic/PL1/C/ASM/Mandarin.
Cya Sam

Well, I'll be 88 this month so no bragging about that, and yes, I've used
all of those but not Mandarin, Cockney used to be my preferred language,
but after I moved to the States it turns out nobody really cared what I
spoke (and maybe what I write for all I know)..

Well welcome to the world of the elderly. Glad you made it this far.

Sam

On 07/06/2018 17:11, Ken Blake wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 14:43:11 +0100, bobs
wrote:

Widows 10 version 1803 (64bit) breaks MS Excel but the 32bit is OK.


Not true. Excel 2016 runs just fine under 64-bit Windows 10 1803 here.

The OP is about Excel 2003.

wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 07:20:42 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:


wrote in message
news
My Excel 2003 (11.5612.5606) seemingly has gone South.
I only use it to track household expenses, but I have enjoyed it.
Now, however, I cannot enter dollar figures in the cells.
Every time I enter a number, and tab to the next cell, it immediately
exits, failing to save anything I entered.

Interestingly, I can execute the same .xls file to Excel on my other
W10 PC, and it works just fine.

I need help. Sorry if OT.
Sam


Calling it OT might be nit-picking, but since you're running it on Win10, I
wouldn't think it is. But that's just my HAWO :-)

Have you tried doing a repair of Excel? Go to Control PanelPrograms and
Features, scroll down to either MS Excel or MS Office (however it was
installed in the first place), highlight it and click on Repair from the
Uninstall/Change/Repair selections at the top of the program list. I am also
running MS Office 2003, and have seen Excel and Outlook get broken after a
MS Update. Repair has always worked for me (so far, knock on wood).

I actually uninstalled word/excel, and completely reinstalled same.
Twice. Same result.
Thanks
Sam

If you type "reliability" into Cortana, the Reliability Monitor
page will appear. And entries with a "red X" will indicate application
crashes.

That uses uses Werfault reports.

https://s15.postimg.cc/ggf8u9p2j/werfault.gif

The folder in each crash, contains "Report.wer", which is a text file.
Copy it some place you can work, and change the extension if you want.

The problem with the report, is the error summary is "terse"
and may not contain enough descriptive terms to Google and
find some breadcrumbs. For example, I know I dereferenced a
null pointer, but the Report.wer shows a C0000005 access violation
(because I tried to read memory location zero). I would have
to be pretty lucky to associate C0000005 with "oops, I dereferences
a null pointer".

The advantage of the reliability monitor, is it doesn't involve
much work. A lazy guy could do that much :-)

*******

Since your user name is "Sam Spade", you probably
want more details.

If you want a dump file, you're going to have to work for it.

You'll need to do some regedits.

https://s15.postimg.cc/fxa5l8xqj/localdumps_regedit.gif

It turns out my dumpchk to read the dump file, came from WSDK.
I probably edited the name of the ISO file a bit. A newer
version is available.

15063.137.170329-1903.rs2_release_svc_WindowsSDK__Win10SDK.iso

There are some details here on installing "Debug Tools" for your
Windows 10.

https://superuser.com/questions/1198...net-connection

# (the download link, possibly a slightly later version)

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=845299

You can right-click the resulting ISO file download, and
select the "Mount" option to make it into a virtual CD
drive. Running the setup off it, you can tick the
"Debugging Tools" tick box, and maybe 150MB of
stuff will be added to your C: drive.

In there, you'll find a 32 bit and a 64 bit version
of "dumpchk.exe". You can copy these over to the
C:\DMP as "dumpchk32.exe" and "dumpchk64.exe" if
you want, to keep the two versions separate.

Then, in a regular command prompt window, you can do:

cd /d C:\DMP

dumpchk32.exe some.dmp === substitute real name of .dmp file

To collect the output in a text file, try this next:

dumpchk32.exe some.dmp output.txt

and you can open the output.txt in Notepad if you want.

*******

This doesn't mean the debugging job is easy, but
you might get lucky and find a breadcrumb in there
to work with.

If you need to share a large text file, you can
always try pastebin.

http://pastebin.com/

HTH,
Paul