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Excel 97 Illegal Operation

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by barrtrek

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I get an Illegal Operation every time I open an excel file that has macros whether I enable or disable them. Regular files open up. I have re-installed excel and also office as a whole. I tried opening a known good file with the same result. What other options do I have?

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by dklippert

Rename Personal.xls. Also check for any odd add-ins.
There aren't many, but it could be a virus such as the Laroux virus

by shanghai sam

There is no file Personal.xls to rename. The system is currently virus free. No Laroux virus is on the system.

by olizcano

Whenever I have a user that has this problem and I have tried everything that you have already done, my last resort fix is to copy and paste the file into a new spreadsheet. Many times that fixes the problem. This also has worked for the same situation in Word.

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