Excel 2004 Startup Crash

[csh]

Suddenly Excel 2004 (fully updated) crashes on launch on my MacBook
Pro (c2d). I can get it to launch successfully by holding down Shift
as it starts. I've created a new document, saved it successfully.
But launching Excel or opening an Excel document from the Finder
without holding Shift always results in an Excel crash. I suspect a
pref file corruption or something, but I don't know what to try
deleting. Suggestions?

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Suddenly Excel 2004 (fully updated) crashes on launch on my MacBook
Pro (c2d). I can get it to launch successfully by holding down Shift
as it starts. I've created a new document, saved it successfully.
But launching Excel or opening an Excel document from the Finder
without holding Shift always results in an Excel crash. I suspect a
pref file corruption or something, but I don't know what to try
deleting. Suggestions?

To quickly check prefs, rename or delete (with all office apps closed)
this folder:

~:Libraryreferences:MIcrosoft

(where ~ is your home directory). Start XL - if the problem goes away,
it was the prefs.

Other possibilities:

1) Remove anything in your Startup folder:

HD:Applications:Microsoft Office 2004:Office:Startup:Excel

or your alternate startup folder if you've designated one in
Prefs/General.

2) Uninstall any add-ins (Tools/Add-ins...)

 

[csh]

Yes. Having it create a new ~lib/pref/ms folder did the trick.
Thanks mucho.