Excel 2007: "There was a problem sending the command to the program"

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Feb 2010

Excel 2007: "There was a problem sending the command to the program"

Tags: DDE, Excel, Excel 2007, Networking
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If you have ever tried to open an excel document and received the error that says "There was a problem sending the command to the program", you can fix it by doing the following:

  1. Open Excel 2007
  2. Open the Menu in the top left
  3. Click the "Excel Options" button

  4. Click the advanced tab on the left of the options screen
  5. Under the general options uncheck the box "Ignore other application that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)"

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January 22, 2012

Mike W

DDE Solution

Brilliant - of all the things I hve tried, and failed, this worked. Thank you

January 23, 2012

Anonymous

Thank you

Thank you so much, i thought that was something wrong with my excel for months, thanks for the help

January 25, 2012

Tamara

There was a problem sending the command to the program

Thank you for simplifying this problem and posting. You just saved my day!

January 27, 2012

anand

Thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhan

Thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhank you very muchhhhhhhh.....................

January 27, 2012

Anthony Rugama

Thanks a lot it solve my day!

Thanks a lot it solve my day! :)

January 28, 2012

Anonymous

It works.......thanks

It works.......thanks

January 30, 2012

Hlobisile

Thank u

Thank u very much

January 31, 2012

Wael Nady

Excel Problem

Many thanks for your appreciated help.

January 31, 2012

bionicco

Thank you!

Thank you!

February 10, 2012

grateful

It works!!!! Thanks alot...I

It works!!!! Thanks alot...I had to uninstall office 2007 and reinstall again and it still didn't work.

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