twinetwstr
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I'm stumped.
I was prompted by many to switch to 64 bit Excel because I load and work with large files. My company has approved 2013, but not 2016, meaning I still can't use Power Pivot fully (2013 is still a bit buggy). and for the present that's OK. However I have a recurring issue when loading some files (yes, fairly large ones, but not excessively large. I'm talking only 3 Meg in one case--8.5 Meg in the file that has issues most often). In most cases, these are .XLSM files with simple macros attached, but they appear to be working normally and nothing strange shows up when I save the files. Other files up to and over 30 Meg I have no issues with.
What happens is this: The workbook starts to open, may get to a "Do you want to update links" prompt, sometimes not even that far. Then the workbook disappears. In fact, if I have other workbooks open at the time, they all disappear. There is no "Do you want to save" prompt, most of the time there are no Auto-save files available ...even if I saw Auto-save on the status line on some of the files that closed.
I have two PCs at my desk, and when this happens, it happens no matter which PC I am on, and if I switch to the other PC the workbook won't open on that one either. I am on a network, so I can bring up previous versions of files I work on, so I can re-load the top file on the Previous list, it opens fine, I re-enter whatever information or data I had entered before. Then I save the file over the bad one, and it works great until the next time.
There is no warning, I am not doing anything strange when I save the file, I try to clear the "dead wood" workbook screens I have finished using, so only what I need is on the screen. There are several partial data files I use where the data is imported and processed, but I don't need to save it, just Copy and Paste into the master report. I also have a couple of Reference Workbooks open that I need to use for VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH Sources. But I have tried closing everything out except Excel, and the "bad" workbook still won't load. I have even rebooted, and have "Repaired" Excel, Still the workbook just disappears when I try to open it. I even tried opening it is Read Only mode. No luck there either. So I am convinced that the issue is something that happens to the file when it is saved, rather than when I am opening it. Other people seem to have no problems opening the files though. Most everyone else is using Excel 2010 32 bit systems.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
I was prompted by many to switch to 64 bit Excel because I load and work with large files. My company has approved 2013, but not 2016, meaning I still can't use Power Pivot fully (2013 is still a bit buggy). and for the present that's OK. However I have a recurring issue when loading some files (yes, fairly large ones, but not excessively large. I'm talking only 3 Meg in one case--8.5 Meg in the file that has issues most often). In most cases, these are .XLSM files with simple macros attached, but they appear to be working normally and nothing strange shows up when I save the files. Other files up to and over 30 Meg I have no issues with.
What happens is this: The workbook starts to open, may get to a "Do you want to update links" prompt, sometimes not even that far. Then the workbook disappears. In fact, if I have other workbooks open at the time, they all disappear. There is no "Do you want to save" prompt, most of the time there are no Auto-save files available ...even if I saw Auto-save on the status line on some of the files that closed.
I have two PCs at my desk, and when this happens, it happens no matter which PC I am on, and if I switch to the other PC the workbook won't open on that one either. I am on a network, so I can bring up previous versions of files I work on, so I can re-load the top file on the Previous list, it opens fine, I re-enter whatever information or data I had entered before. Then I save the file over the bad one, and it works great until the next time.
There is no warning, I am not doing anything strange when I save the file, I try to clear the "dead wood" workbook screens I have finished using, so only what I need is on the screen. There are several partial data files I use where the data is imported and processed, but I don't need to save it, just Copy and Paste into the master report. I also have a couple of Reference Workbooks open that I need to use for VLOOKUP or INDEX/MATCH Sources. But I have tried closing everything out except Excel, and the "bad" workbook still won't load. I have even rebooted, and have "Repaired" Excel, Still the workbook just disappears when I try to open it. I even tried opening it is Read Only mode. No luck there either. So I am convinced that the issue is something that happens to the file when it is saved, rather than when I am opening it. Other people seem to have no problems opening the files though. Most everyone else is using Excel 2010 32 bit systems.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
