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
498 comment(s)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:
- Open Excel 2007
- Open the Menu in the top left
- Click the "Excel Options" button
- Click the advanced tab on the left of the options screen
- Under the general options uncheck the box "Ignore other application that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)"
Comments
Faisal K Muneer
Well Done..Thank you very
Well Done..Thank you very much
Path
Thank
Thank
Anonymous
Excel issue
this issue just started this morning, but your fix worked.
Thanks for your helpful information.
Anonymous
It worked like magic
Really appreciate this worked immediately
Andrew
solution does NOT work for me
Here's my case: Office 2010 was preloaded on new Windows7 laptop from store. I own 2007, so I uninstalled the Office 2010 and installed the 2007 . I'm suspecting that this is related to some dregs of 2010 remaining, because I've not had this issue when installing to clean systems.
shiha
thank you so much
thank you so much
Boyd Dorcas
I have been getting this
I have been getting this error for the past week. There was an problem sending the command to the program. I have checked your fix out but found that the box was not checked so unchecking was not an option. Do you have any other Idea's?. I use Windows 7. with an Acer desk top.
Anonymous
Excel 2007 - could not command program to open
Thanks for the help, much appreciated. All is well now!
Anonymous
Thank you
Dank je wel! Thank you, that saved a lot of hassle!
Anonymous
Excel file not opening
As so many others have said, "Thanks so much" for this information. It worked perfectly!!!