Excel Crashing at Startup

R

RickKaye

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Excel 2008 is crashing when I start it. Sometimes it quits with the message that it has encountered a problem and needs to close. Other times it sits with a spinning beachball and I have to Force Quit.

It does start if I hold down the shift key during the startup process.

I tried uninstalling Office and reinstalling (and running autoupdate to make sure I had the current version) but that does not fix the problem.

I am running OS X 10.5.5.

I hope someone can help. Here is the crash log:

Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS
Date/Time: 2009-01-07 12:59:33 -0500
Application Name: Microsoft Excel
Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Excel
Application Signature: XCEL
Application Version: 12.1.5.081119
Crashed Module Name: libobjc.A.dylib
Crashed Module Version: unknown
Crashed Module Offset: 0x000156a0
Blame Module Name: libobjc.A.dylib
Blame Module Version: unknown
Blame Module Offset: 0x000156a0
Application LCID: 1033
Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409

Thread 0 crashed:

# 1 0x94c906a0 in .objc_class_name_List + 0x94B88560 (libobjc.A.dylib + 0x000156a0)
# 2 0x940c12b5 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D97675 (HIToolbox + 0x000292b5)
# 3 0x940c1056 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D97416 (HIToolbox + 0x00029056)
# 4 0x940c105e in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D9741E (HIToolbox + 0x0002905e)
# 5 0x940c105e in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D9741E (HIToolbox + 0x0002905e)
# 6 0x940c105e in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D9741E (HIToolbox + 0x0002905e)
# 7 0x940c105e in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D9741E (HIToolbox + 0x0002905e)
# 8 0x940c105e in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D9741E (HIToolbox + 0x0002905e)
# 9 0x940c0f9f in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D9735F (HIToolbox + 0x00028f9f)
# 10 0x940c0f5e in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D9731E (HIToolbox + 0x00028f5e)
# 11 0x9410423b in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93DDA5FB (HIToolbox + 0x0006c23b)
# 12 0x94369ded in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x940401AD (HIToolbox + 0x002d1ded)
# 13 0x940b5553 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D8B913 (HIToolbox + 0x0001d553)
# 14 0x9409f303 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D756C3 (HIToolbox + 0x00007303)
# 15 0x9409e73d in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D74AFD (HIToolbox + 0x0000673d)
# 16 0x9409e5a2 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D74962 (HIToolbox + 0x000065a2)
# 17 0x940b65cf in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D8C98F (HIToolbox + 0x0001e5cf)
# 18 0x940ba53f in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D908FF (HIToolbox + 0x0002253f)
# 19 0x9410415c in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93DDA51C (HIToolbox + 0x0006c15c)
# 20 0x940c8d4a in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D9F10A (HIToolbox + 0x00030d4a)
# 21 0x940c8962 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D9ED22 (HIToolbox + 0x00030962)
# 22 0x93dd79c2 in .objc_class_name___NSCFSet + 0x93C8DA82 (CoreFoundation + 0x000709c2)
# 23 0x93dd8bf2 in .objc_class_name___NSCFSet + 0x93C8ECB2 (CoreFoundation + 0x00071bf2)
# 24 0x93dd9cf8 in .objc_class_name___NSCFSet + 0x93C8FDB8 (CoreFoundation + 0x00072cf8)
# 25 0x940c7480 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D9D840 (HIToolbox + 0x0002f480)
# 26 0x940c71d2 in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93D9D592 (HIToolbox + 0x0002f1d2)
# 27 0x9420a54b in .objc_class_name_IPMDFontRange + 0x93EE090B (HIToolbox + 0x0017254b)
# 28 0x01554b50 in _McpRunApplicationEventLoop + 0x0000006A (MicrosoftComponentPlugin + 0x000ecb50)
# 29 0x00a38a2a in __mh_execute_header + 0x00A37A2A (Microsoft Excel + 0x00a37a2a)
# 30 0x00a38fb3 in __mh_execute_header + 0x00A37FB3 (Microsoft Excel + 0x00a37fb3)
# 31 0x00890e6f in __mh_execute_header + 0x0088FE6F (Microsoft Excel + 0x0088fe6f)
# 32 0x00002dae in __mh_execute_header + 0x00001DAE (Microsoft Excel + 0x00001dae)
# 33 0x00002cd5 in __mh_execute_header + 0x00001CD5 (Micr
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Top