XL2000: Error Restarting Your Computer While Excel Is Running (235090)
The information in this article applies to:
This article was previously published under Q235090 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to shut down, restart, or log off your computer, you receive one of the following error messages:
In Microsoft Windows 95/98
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
If you click Details, you receive an error message similar to the following:
EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at 015f:3013cda4.
In Microsoft Windows NT
AGENTSVR.EXE
This Windows application cannot respond to the End Task request. It may be busy, waiting for a response from you, or it may have stopped executing.
- Press Cancel to cancel and return to Windows NT.
- Press End Task to close this application immediately. You will lose any
unsaved information in this application.
- Press Wait to give the application 20 seconds to finish what it is doing
and then try to close the application again.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when you perform any action that causes Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications to use Automation to do the following tasks:
- Starting Excel
-and-
- Creating a new workbook
-and-
- Making Excel visible
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/25/2003 |
|---|
| Keywords: | kbbug kbpending KB235090 |
|---|
|