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
kerry
Thankyou many times over
Thanks for the crisp, clear and snapshot documented fix which worked for both my *.xls and .xlsx files in Win7. As others have expressed, I was searching off and on for days until landing on your fix (including Microsoft which wasn't helpful). bravo, encore.
Anonymous
Wonderful fix! thank you
Wonderful fix! thank you thank you.
Anonymous
many thanks
many thanks
for the simple solutions
Anonymous
Thank you so much
Thanks davis for solving this issue...
Tran Vinh
Thanks
Thank you very much for your idea.
I just solved this problem after try many works option.
That is great.
Sivakumar
Thanks
Now it works fine thanks a lottttttttttttttt
Anonymous
Gracias, sirvió de 1000.
Gracias, sirvió de 1000.
pkeel
God bless you. This was
God bless you. This was driving me CRAZY and your easy fix took care of it.
Eric
Is there a way to get past
Is there a way to get past that error without unchecking the DDE option? I have a dual monitor setup and often have as many as 6 excel files open and viewable at a time. As far as I know, the only way to keep them in separate windows in Excel 2007 is to keep that DDE option checked.
Gerardo
Great!!!
Thank you very much, I have been trying to solve it since last week, this is wonderful.