Row Liner .xla file location question

[mhawker]

During the download and installation of Row Liner, it placed the .xla
file on my desktop (iMac G5, Tiger, XL 2004). It installed and worked
perfectly. *But* I moved the .xla file into the MS Office folder to
clear off my desktop and now XL comes up with a message that says it
can't find that file, since it created path name leading it to the
desktop.

After getting this message, XL removes the Row Liner from the Add-in's
list and even if you re- add it in, it does not change the file path
name and it still thinks it's on my desktop.... and since it's not, it
says it can't find it.

I could simply move it back to the desktop, but thought there may be a
way to change the path name XL uses.

Thanks.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

After getting this message, XL removes the Row Liner from the Add-in's
list and even if you re- add it in, it does not change the file path
name and it still thinks it's on my desktop.... and since it's not, it
says it can't find it.

I could simply move it back to the desktop, but thought there may be a
way to change the path name XL uses.

First, try adding it, then removing it via Tools/Add-ins. That *should*
clear up the problem, I think.

If that doesn't work, with XL closed. Delete the

~:Libraryreferences:Microsoft:com.microsoft.Excel.prefs.plist

file (where ~ is your home directory). Empty the trash. Restart XL.

 

[mhawker]

Thanks (again ), JE.

Believe it or not, when I went to try your suggestion and opened XL, it
didn't come up with the error. I have opened/ closed it at least 10
times trying to see if I could find a solution and each time, I got the
"missing .xla" error. I can't think of what I might have done
differently, but it's fixed now... by itself.

Weird but good! I'll try your suggestion if it acts up again.