When you start Excel, it opens an *.xlb file, which contains your menu and toolbar customizations. If this file is damaged, it may cause Excel to crash when it starts. Also, this file may be very large. In such a case, it may also cause Excel to crash. Generally, the *.xlb file is 500 Kilobytes or smaller.
You can try this to overcome Excel crash. Try deleting your *.xlb file. You need to follow these steps:
- Close Excel
- Search your hard drive for *.xlb. The filename and location will vary.
- Create a backup copy of this file and then delete the file.
- Re-start Excel. Hopefully, Excel will now start up normally.
You will be able to overcome this problem by following the above mentioned steps. There can also be others instances of Excel corruption. It can be a virus attack, improper system shutdown, or a media read error. You will need to use Excel repair software to repair and recover corrupted Excel sheets.
The software will help in the repair and recovery of damaged or corrupted Excel spreadsheets. It uses powerful algorithms to perform a complete and in depth scan of Excel spreadsheets to extract as much data as possible. Its unique feature is that it never deletes or modifies original data and it can recover and restore data even from severely damaged Excel spreadsheets.
Additionally, the software recovers name of the sheets, text strings, images, charts, engineering formulas as well as all embedded functions. The software also restores tables, hyperlinks, font color, size, and style and font name which helps preserve formatting while restoring files. Stellar Phoenix Excel Recovery is a powerful and effective tool to overcome all types of Excel spreadsheet related problems.
