invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at 0167:

[theodes3]

Running Excel 97 on Win98SE. I can open Excel but if I try to type anything in a cell, I get this error message. I have spreadsheets that were previously created that I try to open and I get this same error message. So basically, all I can do is open Excel but I cannot do anything with it. I tried to reinstall MS Office (didn't uninstall but put the CD in and selected the 'reinstall' option), then rebooted, and Excel still doesn't work.

The Register info changes slightly each time it happens. Here are 2 copies of the error:

(1st time today)

EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in
module EXCEL.EXE at 0167:300d864d.
Registers:
EAX=000000ff CS=0167 EIP=300d864d EFLGS=00010246
EBX=0062c670 SS=016f ESP=0062ae24 EBP=0062bd7c
ECX=00000231 DS=016f ESI=0062c670 FS=4eef
EDX=00000006 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
30 30 32 32 37 41 44 5d 20 41 54 54 76 63 64 3a
Stack dump:
300d2bea 000000ff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

(2nd time today)

EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in
module EXCEL.EXE at 0167:300d855f.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=0167 EIP=300d855f EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000001 SS=016f ESP=0062d5f8 EBP=0062d640
ECX=00000000 DS=016f ESI=00000000 FS=0f07
EDX=0062d5fc ES=016f EDI=00000001 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
a1 40 4b 54 5b 30 30 30 32 32 37 41 31 5d 20 41
Stack dump:
300d8139 0062d640 00000001 00000001 00000000 0062d5f0 300d812a 00000000 00000001 0062d7e4 00000000 00000000 0062d6ac 30701746 0000000a 00db0598

 

[BrianB]

In the absence of another reply ....
AFAIK this is a system error rather than Excel caused by a problem with memory access (trying to access an area already in use).

You could try re-registering (closed) Excel from the desktop via
1. Start/Run/type 'excel.exe /unregserver' (no quotes)/OK
2. Start/Run/type 'excel.exe /regserver' (no quotes)/OK
may need to type the full path to excel.exe.


Try a Google search for "EXCEL caused an invalid page fault" or similar.