Microsoft KB Archive/221108

= XL97: Solver Returns Incorrect Result =

Article ID: 221108

Article Last Modified on 9/22/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q221108



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Solver add-in in Microsoft Excel 97 to calculate solutions to what-if scenarios based on adjustable cells and constraint cells, the result of the calculation is incorrect and is not the same as the result obtained in Microsoft Excel 5.

Microsoft has created an update to the Solver add-in which corrects this problem. To download this file from the Microsoft Download Center, see the "Resolution" section of this article.



RESOLUTION
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download Solver.exe now

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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



MORE INFORMATION
When you open Solver.exe, the following file is expanded:   Solver.xla    created 3/10/1999

Additional query words: XL97 solver error incorrect solver exe

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