After installing the SP3 this morning for Windows XP my Excel is no longer working. It's strange though, because WORD, Outlook and front page are still accessible....but when I click on the Excel icon, it goes through a bunch of stuff saying  it's installing and then says it cannot locate PROPLUS.msi
I can access it by going C:\>Windows>repair>Software
and there I find it in a list and am able to access it. But why can't I access it from the usual place? I don't have my disk. But I'm guessing there must be some kind of way to repair it since my other Office things are working. Any ideas on where I can find this proplus.msi file? Thank you!!based on http://en.allexperts.com/q/Windows-XP-3282/cant-find-PROPLUS-MSI.htm, you NEED to run the Detect and Repair command and "Using the Detect and Repair command usually REQUIRES you to provide the installation CD for the version of Office currently installed on your computer."I have to agree with soybean, everything that I have found on this requires the original medium.Ok thanks.
 Have you checked out Open Office?No...but I will. Just for easier access to Excel. This happened a couple weeks ago, and I did a system restore to a point prior to my UPDATING to SP3 and Excel was good again. But when I RE-installed SP3... Excel went bad on me again. It's so strange though, because Word and all the other parts of Office are still good. I don't KNOW....
But I will check out Open Office. THANKS!


Q? Is that IW for Ironworkers? Quote from: shaly777 on July 02, 2009, 11:12:53 AM

No...but I will. Just for easier access to Excel. This happened a couple weeks ago, and I did a system restore to a point prior to my updating to SP3 and Excel was good again. But when I RE-installed SP3... Excel went bad on me again. It's so strange though, because Word and all the other parts of Office are still good. I don't know....
But I will check out Open Office. THANKS!


Q? Is that IW for Ironworkers?