Microsoft KB Archive/175860

= XL98: System or Lexicon Error Message Starting or Running Excel =

Article ID: 175860

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q175860



SYMPTOMS
When you start Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, you may receive one of the following errors:

Sorry a system error occurred.

"Microsoft Excel"

error type 11

-or-

A lexicon is missing or damaged

where represents the path to Excel.

If you do not receive one of the preceding error messages when you start Excel, you may receive the following error messages when you use Excel:

Sorry a system error occurred.

"Microsoft Excel"

error type 11

-or-

The application "Microsoft Excel" has unexpectedly quit, because an error of type 2 occurred.

You should save your work in other open applications and restart the computer.



CAUSE
These problems may occur when the path to the Excel program file exceeds 240 characters. You may be able to start Excel if the path exceeds 240 characters; however, you may receive one of the error messages in the "Symptoms" section when you perform the following operations:


 * You click the equal sign in the formula bar. -or-


 * You start the Visual Basic Editor. -or-


 * You start the PivotTable wizard. -or-


 * You apply conditional formatting to the worksheet.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, move the folder that contains the Excel program file to a location that does not use a path of more than 240 characters.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug KB175860

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