Sometimes when you start Microsoft Excel 2000, you might encounter the below error message:
“This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.”
When you click on ‘Details’, you might get another error message as:
“Excel caused an invalid page fault in module Excel.exe at memory address”
You may receive these error messages while working on a new spreadsheet, any existing one or when you simply open MS Excel.
Cause
You might encounter this problem due to corruption of Excel.xlb file of Microsoft Excel. Corruption to this file may also damage the Excel spreadsheet and may cause the above errors.
. Excel.xlb is a system file of Microsoft Excel that stores information about the menu changes, other type of changes, toolbars, file header information, custom menus and various important data.
In such situations, to gain access of your precious data, you need to perform Excel Recovery by solving this problem.
Resolution
You can fix this issue by following these simple steps:
. Start Microsoft Excel 2000 in Safe Mode.
. Use Windows Explorer to locate .xlb file in C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel folder. The .xlb file has any of the following names:
. Excel.xlb if your system isn’t connected to network.
. Username.xlb where the Username is your logon name.
. Right-click on .xlb file and select Rename and rename it as Excel.old or Username.old.
. Exit Windows Explorer and start Excel 2000 and customize your toolbar again.
After applying this solution, the problem should not occur in future but it can not repair the corrupted Excel spreadsheet. To get Excel spreadsheet repaired, you need to go for Excel Recovery.
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