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Re: Excel 4.0 & General Protection Fault

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From: Nathan Charles Crowell
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 18:13
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In article <1993Jan22.100932.1267@hsr.no> rune-w@hsr.no (Rune A. Wallmark) writes:
>Hi there!
>
>I'm having a "little" problem with my new Pc and Excel 4.0
>
>My machine:
>
>486 DX50
>256 Kb cache
>8Mb Ram
>210 Mb Hd
>Dos 5.0
>Windows 3.1
>Excel 4.0
>Stacker 2.0 (<= can this be the problem???)
>
>Excel used to work fine with my old 386sx 16, but now I get these
>"Excel caused a general protection fault in module Excel.exe in .........".
>Then Excel terminates, and zap....! I've had this error in some of the other
>applications too (Calculator, Winclock etc), but Excel is "the favourite".
>

I don't use Stacker, but I had similar problems with my Excel 4.0.
It turns out that I had a corrupted excel.exe file. Another problem
may be a corrupted permanent swap file. Fixing the swap file is easier
to do. Simply tell Windows that you don't want one and it will delete
the current one. Exit and re-start Windows. Then, Setup a new swap
file from Control Panel.

If this doesn't work, try reinstalling Excel. It will rebuild your excel.exe
file. Be sure to backup any worksheets, etc., as well as your global
macro sheet (if you've added to it).

If this doesn't work, I'm afraid I don't have any other ideas....sorry!

Nate
bigal@wpi.wpi.edu
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From: bigal@wpi.WPI.EDU (Nathan Charles Crowell)
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Subject: Re: Excel 4.0 & General Protection Fault
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Date: 24 Jan 93 18:13:12 GMT
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