excel opens up looking like it is in ms dos

[osborne4]

how can I get my excell to stop opening up looking like it is in MS-DOS mode.
I get an error message that wants to send the info to microsoft, when it hit
yes send or no don't send it then shuts down.

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
what exact error message do you get and does this happen all the time for
all files?

 

[Jim Rech]

Sounds like you're having startup problems. This article may help:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;280504
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Jim Rech
Excel MVP
| how can I get my excell to stop opening up looking like it is in MS-DOS
mode.
| I get an error message that wants to send the info to microsoft, when it
hit
| yes send or no don't send it then shuts down.

 

[Dave Peterson]

More for your reading...

Chip Pearson has a bunch of techniques that deal with start up errors at:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

Maybe something in there will help.