Mail Merge Data Link Error

[Joe Irwin]

Recently I needed to reinstall MS Office 2003 on my Windows Server 2003
running Terminal Services. After the reinstallation, Office 2003 worked great
in every way EXCEPT, when I create a new WORD mail merge with an existing
Excel spreadsheet, a Data Link Properties box pops up with the message:

"Could not find an installable ISAM"

However, if I close all the dialog boxes, it does connect to the Excel
document and the mail merge works. MS Knowledge Base article #209805
addresses this issue, but it is for Office 2000 and it doesn't correct the
problem in Office 2003. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly
appreciated.

 

[Bob I]

that article provides a link to one for 2003, see it below.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283881/

 

[Joe Irwin]

Thanks, Bob. While MS Knowledge Base article # 283881 does address Office
2003, my registry doesn't contain the keys that it references. Here is what
my registry looks like under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\

Jet
4.0
Engines
SharePoint
ISAM Formats
Excel 5.0
Excel 8.0
HTML Export
Text
WSS
Transporter

I found the Msexcl40.dll file in my System 32 folder but, as you can see, I
don't have a key for "Excel" under ENGINES. I did a repair of MS Office 2003,
but it didn't add that key.

Can I add one myself?

Thanks, JOE


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