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I've seen this same problem frequently on other message boards and there has never been a solution, so I'm hoping that Microsoft is aware of it (they should be) and can address it definitively.
I have a Word 2007 document with an embedded Excel 2007 spreadsheet. When I attempt to open the spreadsheet I get the message: "The program used to create this object is Excel. That program is not installed on your computer. To edit this object, you must install a program that can open the object.". Excel is in fact installed. If I have Excel closed when I attempt to open the embedded spreadsheet then Excel actually opens, but then it does not open the embedded workbook and Word immediately gives the above message after Excel opens.
This is the same problem as is addressed in KB article 960806, except that I do not have "SQL Server 2008 Data Mining Add-ins for Office 2007" installed
I have run MS Office Diagnostics and no errors were reported.
I have "Repaired" the installation from add/remove programs. After I did this the embedded workbook appeared as a picture in the document and I couldn't even attempt to open it.
I have tried deselecting "ignore DDE" in Excel Options > Advanced > General
I have tried converting the embedding object to a binary object and back again.
The embedded workbook is a macro-enabled workbook, I don't know if it also happens for non-macro-enabled workbooks.
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Had the same issue; disabling Goodle Cloud Connect add-in in both Word and Excel solved it for me. It might help to try disabling all the installed add-ins.
I have the exact same problem.
I fixed it by going by:
Logging in as administrator.
Navigate to Add/Remove Programs
Highlight Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 and click Change.
Select Add or Remove Features and click Continue.
Select Microsoft Office Excel dropdown, then select Not Available and then click Continue.
Excel will be removed.
Once it's removed, just perform the reverse to reinstall it.
Once it's reintalled, launch the affected embedded xls document and Wa La!!
Had similar issue, but not for Google Cloud, SQL 2008, or any other of the add-ins specifically mentioned. However, diabling all add-ins in both Excel and Word appears to have at least worked around the problem enough to let me complete my tasks.
Unfortunately, disabling the add-ins is not an option for me. The worksheets I am using depend on add-ins and VBA.
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Unfortunately, disabling the add-ins is not an option for me. The worksheets I am using depend on add-ins and VBA.
PPC (Practitioner Publishing Company) Auditing templates.
Engagement CS (Creative Solutions) auditing software.
But there may be others that are causing the problem. Try disabling (move to another folder) them one at a time to see if you can identify one that causes the problem.