Stellar Phoenix Excel Recovery

Microsoft Office Excel is a popular spreadsheet application that allows you to create, edit and store professional spreadsheets. The application is competent to perform different calculations and formulas. At times, you observe your Excel spreadsheet displaying unexpected characters, which indicates that the file is corrupt. To restore such

file, you need to use your backup or scan the file using advanced Excel Recovery application.

For an instance, consider that you are using Microsoft Office XP SP3 and upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007 SP 1. After this, you perform following sequence of steps:

·     You open a spreadsheet containing large amount of data and perform some updates

·     Without saving the changes, you then copy some cells

·     You then open a Microsoft Word document and paste the copied cells

·     You then close the opened spreadsheet after saving the changes made

After performing the above steps, the next time when you open the spreadsheet, it appears to be corrupted. The file shows cells filled with weird characters. Also, the equations and functions applied are all gone. This behavior is specific when you paste the contents of spreadsheet to a Microsoft Word document and not any other application file. When you try to duplicate the behavior by closing the spreadsheet before pasting the copied contents to the document, no problem is encountered.

Cause

Such types of issues are usually observed due to system errors. In this case, Microsoft Word is interacting unexpectedly with Microsoft Excel and causing file to get corrupt.

Solution

A corrupted Excel spreadsheet can be repaired by following any of these methods:

·     Try to open the corrupted spreadsheet using ‘Open and Repair’ feature.

·     Save the file in HTML format, reopen and save it again in Microsoft Excel Workbook format

·     Save the file in XML spreadsheet format, reopen and save it again in Microsoft Excel Workbook format

·     If you are using a chart that is linked to the corrupted file, you can try extracting the data using a macro

·     Scan and repair the damaged Excel spreadsheet using a powerful excel repair utility. Excel Recovery applications are advanced products that use effective scanning algorithms to analyze and repair the corrupted Excel file

Stellar Phoenix Excel Recovery is a completely reliable tool to scan and repair corrupted Excel files. The application is compatible with Microsoft Excel 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. It is a non-destructive repair excel tool that safely restores all file objects including macros, charts, tables, hyperlinks, images, functions, formulas and others.

Windows Home Server deals with file storage at two levels: Shared Folders and Disks. In the interest of Microsoft Excel files, it is advised not to store them on a storage media that is external to the storage pool. At times, when you store Excel workbooks on a media like USB and share them via network, you might experience that the files get corrupt. Such events might occur due to several possible reasons. However, the file thus corrupted should be restored from backup. If you don’t have any valid file backup available, you need to scan the corrupted file using Excel Repair software.

To illustrate this, consider that you store some Excel workbooks on a USB drive that is attached to your Windows Home Server system. You don’t put the drive in storage pool to avoid issues that root from WHS and share them. After this, though not immediately, you come across errors that suggest that either the file is corrupt or server access is not available. You encounter such errors even if WHS server is working and accessible. Additionally, when you try to access the file after copying it to a local media, the file is corrupted with no access to data.

Cause

Since the USB drive is not included in the storage pool, the Excel file corruption could result due to external issues such as network errors, faults in USB connection and so forth. However, you are suggested not to use edit the files directly on a Windows Home Server system.

Solution

To repair and recover corrupted Excel files, you should follow these suggestions:

.Try opening the Excel workbook using ‘Open and Repair’ feature of the application
.Try saving the file in HTML or XML spreadsheet format
.If you have used a chart in the file, you can use a macro that could extract the data from the file
.Use your backup to restore the file
.Scan and repair the file using third-party repair excel applications. Designed to use superior file repair algorithms, these Excel Repair tools offer you interactive user interface and repair damaged Excel workbooks while maintaining their integrity.

Stellar Phoenix Excel Recovery is an unmatched repair product for damaged Excel files created with Microsoft Excel 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. It is safe excel repair utility that repairs and restores all file objects including macros, hyperlinks, tables, images, formulas and so forth. The application can be installed and used through Winows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Microsoft Excel is a specialized application allowing you to edit, analyze and organize the data into tables and lists. Using an excel spreadsheet, you can maintain any sort of information in tabular form, can add macros, apply formulas, perform calculations, and represent the values. But very often, Excel files can get damaged due to events like power outage, virus infection and similar other causes. To restore such files, the best possible solution is to restore from backup. At times, you observe backup as unavailable or invalid. In such situations, you need to use Excel Recovery tools to effectively scan and repair the damaged file.

For an instance, while attempting to close, open or save an Excel workbook, you might fail to do so and receive an error message similar to:

“This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor”

Further, when you click to close the error message, the application quits. However, if you click Details to view the error description, you come across another error

message:

“EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module KERNEL32.DLL at 0137:3001b693.”

Or

“EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at 0137:3001b963.”

As additional symptoms, you might observe that if you can open the affected file, you see two worksheets each with visible property as xlveryhidden and named as five asterisks.

Cause

Microsoft Excel workbooks exhibit such behavior if the following conditions are true:

.You have used an antivirus software to scan and clean the Excel workbook
.The Excel file has become corrupted while the cleaning process

Solution

If you cannot open the corrupted Excel workbook, try following these methods to repair:

.Try opening the file in Microsoft Word or WordPad
.Save the file in HTML format
.Open the workbook in Microsoft Excel Viewer
.Use a macro to extract chart data

If you can open the file, use these steps:

.Copy the uncorrupted data to a new workbook
.Delete the damaged workbooks

If none of the above solutions seems to work, scan the damaged file using Excel Repair solutions. Fully-competent to recover damaged Excel files, these repair excel software empower you with graphically rich user interface to work with.

Stellar Phoenix Excel Recovery is the world’s known product to repair and restore damaged Excel workbooks. The software recovers all the file objects which include macros, tables, hyperlinks, functions, charts, images and others. It is a highly powerful excel repair utility built with advanced features. The tool is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Microsoft Excel files can get corrupted due to endless number of reasons including unexpected crash, application bugs, network errors and others. Unlike normal situations, if the file is stored on a network drive or a floppy disk, troubleshooting the problem source is somewhat tricky. You might need to employ special techniques to do so. However, to restore the damaged file, you will need to use your recent file backup or scan the damaged file using Excel Recovery tools.

As an illustration, you try to open an Excel 2000 file that is stored on a network drive or a floppy disk, but fail to do so with an error message on screen indicating that the file is corrupted. You might observe this behavior intermittently.

Cause

The Excel file is corrupted and hence the application cannot open it. This might occur due to any of the following reasons:

• Windows tries to virtualize the hard disk controller and encounters an error while the process. Such conflicts cause to write corrupt information in the files.
• Another reason could be the ‘Back Seeking’ method that Microsoft Excel uses to access file information. Sometimes, Microsoft Excel doesn’t read the file records sequentially but jumps from record to record in a random manner. So, when saving the file to  network drive or a floppy disk, this might cause intermittent file corruption.

Solution

To determine if conflict with Windows is the issue, you should start the system in Windows safe mode and disable the file system properties settings. To restore the damaged file stored on  network drive or a floppy disk, you should follow any of these methods:

• Try opening the corrupted file with Microsoft Excel ‘Open and Repair’ feature
• Change the file format in HTML
• Try opening the corrupted file in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel Viewer
• Restore form backup
• Use a powerful repair excel file tool to scan and repair the damaged Excel file. Excel Recovery applications are competent to restore the damaged file with original contents, while giving you graphically rich user interface.

Stellar Phoenix Excel Recovery is an advanced excel file repair application with self-descriptive  interface and powerful functionalities. It supports Excel 2007, 2003, 2002 and 2000. It can repair and restore all file objects like macros, formulas, charts, images, links, embedded functions, tables, text strings etc. This is a read-only Excel Recovery tool that is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.

Microsoft Excel allows you to extend its functionality beyond its defaults by the use of programming language Microsoft Visual Basic. The VBA code in this environment is written, changed, compiled and viewed in VBA editor. The VBA editor organizes and shows all the VBA modules in what you refer as VBA projects. Actually, each time when you create a new workbook, a VBA project gets automatically created and attached with it. At times, you find difficulties while compiling a VBA project associated with a workbook. The odds are that the workbook is corrupted. Thus, to restore the corrupted workbook, you will need to use your current backup. Alternatively, you can also opt for scanning the damaged workbook by using Excel Recovery application.

For an instance, after you edit an existing VBA project, when you try to compile it, you get the similar error signature:

“AppName: excel.exe AppVer: 9.0.0.2719 ModName: vbe6.dll
ModVer: 6.3.91.8 Offset: 00083676”

This behavior occurs irrespective of changes made to the project.

Cause

There can be several causes that might prevent a VBA project to be compiled. Some of them are listed below:

.Bugs in code
.Code size limitation issues
.Use of default names for macros
.One or more modules are corrupted
.Current workbook is corrupted

Solution

You need to try following suggestions to solve the issue described above:

.Try running the code without compiling. This will help you to detect the code bugs, if any
.You should try deleting one or more functions.
.If the error root from naming conventions issues for modules, you need to copy the code into modules and name them differently.
.Try creating a new VBA project and copy the modules and functions one at a time. This will help you to detect the corrupted modules. Delete them, if any.
.You should attempt to import the code to a new workbook to compile it. If it gets compiled and run successfully, the current workbook is corrupted. Use backup to restore the file.

If you lose data while no clean backup is available, scan the damaged workbook by using Excel Repair tool. An excel file repair software can repair the damaged workbook by using powerful algorithms while providing graphically rich user interface.

Stellar Phoenix Excel Recovery is a comprehensive tool to repair damaged Microsoft Excel files. It supports excel repair for Excel 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. It can restore all file objects, such as hyperlinks, formulas, charts, pivot tables, macros etc. This non-destructive software is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, and NT.

MSO9.DLL is a core file included in Microsoft Office installation. The file plays a vital role in functioning of Microsoft Office applications including Microsoft Excel. If the file goes missing or gets damaged that might introduce corruption errors in workbooks. However, to solve the existing issue, you might opt for reinstalling Office. The damaged workbooks in this way should be restored from backup. If no valid backup exists, you should repair your file by using powerful Excel Recovery tools.

As an instance, when you try to save or open a workbook in Microsoft Excel, you might fail to do so with the following error on screen:

“The C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\MSO9.DLL file appears to be corrupt. Reinstall the file, and then try again.”

Or

“The C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\MSO9.DLL file appears to be corrupt. Reinstall the file, and then try again.”

You receive the similar error messages or an error suggesting that an invalid page fault has occurred in  MSO9.DLL file.

Cause

As the error messages suggest, Microsoft Excel fails to save the file if  MSO9.DLL file is damaged or corrupted.

Solution

To resolve the issues like above, you should follow these measures:

First, rename the damaged  MSO9.DLL file. To do so, search the file by using Find option of Windows start menu. Type in the name of file in the Search for files for folders named box of Files and Folders option. When found, rename the file with .old extension.
Next, use Windows Add/Remove programs option in order to repair Microsoft Excel installation. The process repairs corrupted or missing Excel files, if any. After the Setup begins when you click Add/Remove option, it gives you an option to repair the installation.

After applying the above measures if you find Excel workbooks damaged and inaccessible, try opening them with ‘Open and Repair’ feature. If you fail to do so, repair them using advanced excel repair applications. These are powerful products that can scan the damaged Excel workbook and restore them with original text and formatting. Excel Recovery tools are comprehensive products that can be used in each case of workbook corruption.

Stellar Phoenix Excel Recovery is an advanced solution to repair damaged Microsoft Excel files. It supports repair excel for Excel 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. It can restore all file objects, such as hyperlinks, formulas, charts, pivot tables, macros etc. This read-only software is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, and NT.