can't start excel

[Henry]

keep getting "Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close"
error.
other Office XP components are working fine.
have tried office updates and re-installation.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

See http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm and
http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/StartupProblems.asp .