how do we fix "excel lexicon missing" error message. using Excel 9

[grandma & grandpa]

error message "excel lexicon missing (c:\microsoft\excel\xl5en32.olb)

grandma and grandpa over their heads !

 

[Jan Karel Pieterse]

Hi Grandma,

error message "excel lexicon missing (c:\microsoft\excel\xl5en32.olb)

grandma and grandpa over their heads !

Do you still have the cd/diskettes from which Office was installed?

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
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Member of:
Professional Office Developer Association
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[grandma & grandpa]

Jan, thanks for responding. Yes we do. Microsoft Office Pro 95.

We bought a new computer with Window Vista Home Pemium. When we deleted
Office07 Trial that came with computer, we lost all historical Excel
files......

Sure hope you can help!

Grandma

 

[Jan Karel Pieterse]

Hi Grandma,

We bought a new computer with Window Vista Home Pemium. When we deleted
Office07 Trial that came with computer, we lost all historical Excel
files......

Sure hope you can help!

You should not have lost your historical Excel files (and I bet they are still
on your system). Rather, you are no longer able to open them because something
has gone wrong with setting up Excel/Office on your new computer.

I have little to no experience with Vista though, which I suspect is partly
causing the problem.

I think you need to log into Vista as an administrator and then run the Office
setup again. make sure you select a full install (you'll have plenty of room on
your Hard disk anyway, given that Office 95 is 12 years old it doesn't consume
much space).

If the install runs without errors everything should work as expected.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
http://www.jkp-ads.com
Member of:
Professional Office Developer Association
www.proofficedev.com