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Article #13845Re: Excel Exists on machine?
From: Shane Stump
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:08
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:08
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Thanks for the offer (I wrote the original PC-Sweep 20 years ago and am quite familiar with file searching <BG>)! It would probably be faster to create an Excel object than to search a drive (many machines these days have multiple, LARGE drives with THOUSANDS of files)! Regards, Shane "Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" <ed@mulroyREMOVETHESECHARS.org> wrote in message news:3f68b803@newsgroups.borland.com... > I already mentioned how to do it with the registry and the possible problems > of that method. An old machine is one that is likely to have had > generations of programs loaded and removed. Not all uninstalls properly > clean up the registry. > > If you want to speed things up then check the registry first and if > successful then search for excel.exe. > > You don't need to load the file, just search for it. If you're into a > "writer's block" on the search for that file, email me at ed@mulroy.org and > I'll send you a function to do it. > > . Ed > > > Shane Stump wrote in message > > news:3f67c89d$1@newsgroups.borland.com... > > > > I am hoping there is a way to just check the registry since > > loading an instant of excel might be slow (some of my user's > > machines aren't the fastest)! > >
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