Excel won't start (Office 2k and Vista)

[Andy]

Hi
I have installed Office 2000 onto my Vista machine. This morning
everything was working fine. Now, however, when I try to start Excel I
get the Excel splash screen and the a Vista error saying 'Microsoft
Excel for Windows has stopped working. A problem caused the problem to
stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you
if a solution is available.' The other programs in Office work OK. Is
there a 'safe' mode for starting Excel that might help me work out
what the problem is? I've uninstalled and reinstalled - but it's made
no difference.
Thanks.
Andy.

 

[Bob I]

If holding down the CTRL key when starting Excel doesn't work, use Start
Run, Excel.exe /safe

 

[YESHWANT]

Hi Andy,

Try reregistering excel.
Close Excel and
Windows Start Button|Run – “excel /unregserver “
then Windows Start Button|Run – “excel /regserver “
The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets some of the windows registry to
excel's factory defaults.

click yes below, if it helps

 

[Andy]

Hi Bob

Thanks for your reply. The CTRL option didn't work but the /safe
option did. It opened - hoorah! I ran Detect and Repair but it still
won't open without the safe switch. Do you have any other suggestions?

Andy.

 

[Bob I]

Sorry, I haven't any experience with Office on Vista. Only Office on XP
and before. I do know that Office 2000 wasn't tested for compatibility