Microsoft Excel is a popular spreadsheet application that provides advanced features like, graphing tools, pivot tables, macro programming etc. MS Excel 2003 and earlier versions use binary file format as their proprietary file format, while, MS Excel 2007 uses Open XML format as its standard one. At times, you observe issues while starting Microsoft Excel or opening its files. The prime cause of not opening the Excel file could be file corruption. In such situations, you require restoring from recent file backup. However, if backup is found to be damaged or incomplete, or if no backup is available, you need to use Excel Repair tools as the sure file repair solution.

As a practical instance, when you try to start Microsoft Excel, you observe one of the following issues:

•    The version of a main MS Office file is incorrect
•    The shortcut of MS Excel is corrupted and you can’t access the application using it
•    The Excel toolbar file or Excel .pip file is damaged
•    Damaged add-ins
•    One or more registry keys is damaged
•    You observe conflicts with some other application
•    One or more Excel files are failing to open

Solution
In order to solve above issues, you need to follow these methods;

•    Try locating the mismatched version MS Office file and replace it with that of correct version
•    If shortcut corruption is the issue, delete it and create a new shortcut
•    You need to rename damaged toolbar or Excel.pip file. Excel will create a new file, when you will restart it.
•    For damaged add-ins, click them on Tools menu and clear the corresponding check boxes
•    To correct registry key damage issues, you require deleting them for COM add-ins
•    Try to start Microsoft Excel in safe mode if MS Excel is conflicting with some other application
•    If you experience issues while opening Excel files, the reason could be corruption. You need to use commercial Excel Recovery tools to safely repair and restore such files. These are perfect excel repair applications that use advanced scanning algorithms to effectively repair the damaged Excel files.

Stellar Phoenix excel recovery is a powerful tool to repair damaged Excel files. It supports Excel 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. It restores all file objects such as formulas, text strings, functions, charts, hyperlinks etc.  It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, and NT.