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
497 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
Satish Chandra Omar
Excel 2007- There was a problem...
Thanks very much.This solved the problem, which was troubling me since long.
eddy
It worked fine for me
Thank you very much for your post :-))
Cheers,
Eddy.
Archit
this was simple.. thanx a lot
this was simple.. thanx a lot for the solution...
i believe the ppl who help others through such forums are doing a great work...
Brust
great advice
You saved me a lot of heartburn, thanks man.
Scott
Would of saved me an hour if
Would of saved me an hour if this was up a few spots on Google search for the error. Appreciate the information!
Darren
problem sending command to the program
OMG you rock!
install re-install ask-ask ask- search -search -search and finally something so simple
You know your stuff
Thanks a million!
fherny
THANK YOU!
You rock! easy to understand this fixed my excel problem in a second!
memento_mori
Thank you very much. Your
Thank you very much. Your solution was perfect for my problem. I still need to know what caused it to start happening but that's for another time.
A
Thank you! Thank you! Thank
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! ^_^
Anonymous
THANK YOU!!! I've had this
THANK YOU!!! I've had this problem for MONTHS! Thanks for the end of the frustration!