XL97: Cannot Open File After Pasting More Than 2000 Characters (190248)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q190248

SYMPTOMS

You may receive the following error message when you try to open a file in Microsoft Excel 97:
EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at 015f:300e935b.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:
  • You copy and paste the contents of a cell from one instance of Excel to a second instance of Excel. -and-

  • You perform the paste operation multiple times. -and-

  • The cell that you copied contains more than 2000 characters. -and-

  • You make an entry in another cell on the worksheet.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/22/2000
Keywords:kbbug kberrmsg KB190248
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