MS Excel is a spreadsheet program which provides several features like graphing, calculation, pivot tables, macro programming and many more. However, in some cases you may face problems while opening or saving the spreadsheet. Excel users generally come across error messages like compile errors, files which do not open, File not found errors, Excel refusing to load and many more. Such error messages while using Excel is quite common but unusual behavior of Excel at the time of startup is really very problematic. Startup problems in excel disables you from opening MS Excel and accessing your crucial data. Therefore, you must resolve the problem as soon as possible.

          

Causes:

Start up issues generally occurs due to Excel corruption. Corruption of Excel files may result in severe problems for you if the saved data is critical and you are not willing to loose that data. Startup problems in Excel arises due to several reasons like corrupted shortcut of Excel program, damaged Excel toolbar file, damaged add-ins within the tools menu, a spreadsheet has become read-only, corrupted Excel startup folder and registry keys. Another common reason responsible for such problem is the tendency of Excel to load a problem file from its startup folders.

Resolution

If the problem is occurring due to corrupted shortcut, you should find out Excel.exe and then double click on it to start Excel. Also try by creating a new shortcut to Excel which can be used for starting Excel. If startup problems in Excel is occurring due to corrupted registry keys, search it out and remove it. Those keys will be recreated you start Excel for the next time. In case of problems due to add-ins, go to tools and select add-ins and clear the selected checkboxes. Read only problems may also cause this problem if you have opened the second copy. Closing the second copy may resolve your problem.

You may also try to resolve startup problems in Excel by restarting Excel and if it fails you should reboot your system and try to restart Excel. If none of these methods helps you get rid of this problem, you should go for third-party Excel Repair applications. These third-party applications are especially designed to repair corrupted Excel file and resolve all types of problems associated with Excel. These applications employs effective scanning techniques to perform successful Excel repair operation