Microsoft KB Archive/292489

= XL2002: Excel Stops Responding When Watch Window Is Open =

Article ID: 292489

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q292489



SYMPTOMS
When you switch to Microsoft Excel while the Watch Window toolbar is open, Excel appears to stop responding.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you do the following:
 * 1) You display the Watch Window toolbar and click a Watch Window entry.
 * 2) You do not dock the Watch Window toolbar.
 * 3) You switch to another program by clicking its icon on the taskbar.
 * 4) You switch back to Excel by clicking the Excel icon on the taskbar.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, click the Excel icon on the taskbar a second time.



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

Additional query words: XL2002 hang hangs hanging hung lock up locks locking locked lockup freeze freezes freezing froze frozen stop stopping stopped won't respond waiting stall stalls stalled

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB292489

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