excel document recovery

Sandeep · External Since: Aug 29, 2003 Posts: 1

so i was trying to do something in excel, and it crashed,
which doesn't really bother me that much, since document
recovery should work... but, when i try to start excel
again, it crashes without showing me anything in the
document recovery pane, or opening a blank workbook like
it used to... as in, it maximises as all grey, with the
document recovery pane(also grey, w/o any text), and
immediately crashes. i think it might have something to
do with a corrupt recovery file, but multiple reinstalls,
and deletion of the recovery directory hasn't helped...
any suggestions? please reply to this account. thanks.

Steve · External Since: Aug 28, 2003 Posts: 6

Try deleting the menu settings file. Search for ".xlb" without the quotes
and delete this file.'

Regards
Steve

"Sandeep" <blissfulignant.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> so i was trying to do something in excel, and it crashed,
> which doesn't really bother me that much, since document
> recovery should work... but, when i try to start excel
> again, it crashes without showing me anything in the
> document recovery pane, or opening a blank workbook like
> it used to... as in, it maximises as all grey, with the
> document recovery pane(also grey, w/o any text), and
> immediately crashes. i think it might have something to
> do with a corrupt recovery file, but multiple reinstalls,
> and deletion of the recovery directory hasn't helped...
> any suggestions? please reply to this account. thanks.

fyz · Joined: Feb 28, 2008 Posts: 29

Hi,

You may try an Excel file recovery tool called Advanced Excel Repair to repair your Excel file. It is a powerful tool to repair corrupt or damaged Excel files.

Detailed information about Advanced Excel Repair can be found at http://www.datanumen.com/aer/

And you can also download a free demo version at http://www.datanumen.com/aer/aer.exe

Alan