excel crashing for no apparent reason

[Paul Corrado]

Dave,

Usually there is an option to view the contents of the error report. That
information would be extremely helpful in determining the nature of the
problem you are experiencing.

PC

 

[dave!!]

i wasn't sure which newsgroup to post this in, but i figured this was as
good as any thinking that some of you may have had a similar problem. i
have a file that's not absurdly large (6mb), and everytime i try to
add/delete a sheet, column or cell, excel crashes. i am running windows xp
with office xp. when it crashes, i get a message that says excel is
recovering your documents, and then it asks me if i want an error report
sent. i have had this happen before, but they were all isolated
occurrences. however, this is happening constantly with this file. i have
even tried copying the file and working with it in a different location.
does anyone have any ideas why this is happening?? thanks in advance for
any input.

-dave

 

[dave!!]

i have viewed the error report, but it is all gibberish and code and means
absolutely nothing to me. not to mention it is hundreds upon hundreds of
lines of it.

 

[Norman Harker]

Hi Dave!

You say you've tried it in a different location. I assume that this
means on a different computer.

In that case there must be something file specific.

You might try zipping the file (6MB!) and sending to me. I'll try with
a different operating system and different versions of Excel to see if
I can independently replicate the problem. (Don't I just love to crash
Excel <vbg>)

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