illegal operation: invalid page fault in moduel MS097.DLL

JBuckland · Nov 13, 2005

Excel97 will not open because illegal operation: invalid page fault in moduel
MS097.DLL

I would appreciate any advice you can provide me.

Thanks.

Dave Peterson · Nov 13, 2005

You can find lots of hits in the excel newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search

I searched for mso97 in *excel* and found lots
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=mso97&num=100&as_ugroup=*excel*

And if you finally give up, maybe completely uninstalling first will help:

http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=254250
OFF97: How to Completely Remove Microsoft Office 97 on Windows XP, Windows Me,
and Windows 2000