Microsoft KB Archive/231125

= XL2000: Invalid Page Fault Saving Shared Workbook That Contains Conditional Formatting =

Article ID: 231125

Article Last Modified on 11/5/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q231125



SYMPTOMS
When you save a shared workbook that contains conditional formatting, you may receive the following error message:

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

If you click Details, you receive an error message similar to the following

EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at 015f:301ff285.

and Microsoft Excel quits.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:


 * The workbook is shared.

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 * More that one user has the workbook open.

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 * One user cuts and pastes a cell that contains a conditional formatting rule, and then saves the file.

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 * A different user attempts to save the file.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

Additional query words: XL2000 crash crashes crashing crashed quit quitting quits fail fails failing failed break

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB231125

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