Microsoft KB Archive/172211

= XL97: Error Message Appears After You Edit an Embedded File =

Article ID: 172211

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q172211



SYMPTOMS
When you click a file that you inserted in a worksheet, the following error message may appear:

Dr. Watson for Windows NT

An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.

Excel.exe

Exception: access violation (0xc0000005), Address 0x77f64b53.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when all of the following conditions are true:


 * You insert a file in a Microsoft Excel worksheet. -and-


 * When you insert the file, you click Link To File in the Object dialog box. -and-


 * After you insert the file, you double-click it and make changes in it. -and-


 * When you close the file, you click No when you are prompted to save changes. -and-


 * You double-click the inserted file a second time.

NOTE: This problem occurs only if you are running Excel under Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

