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Looks like a file association problem. You can always try repair from Programs and Features. Or try starting Excel with /regserver parameter but I'm not sure if Excel 2010 supports that.
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Its 2007. <br />
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I tried repair - same. <br />
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Can you try this:<br />
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In the Excel Options, select &quot;Advanced&quot; on the left side of the screen, scroll almost to the bottom.<br />
Under &quot;General&quot; category, look for &quot;Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE )&quot;, make sure it is not checked.<br />

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Corrupted user profile. <br />
Created new profile. <br />
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Requesing delete question
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Existing excels docs wont open. &nbsp;Error - &nbsp;&quot;There is a problem sending the command to the program&quot; <br />
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Create new doc. Ok. Save ok. &nbsp;Go to open - same error.<br />
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Sounds like excel corrupt.<br />
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Repair excel? <br />
uninstall / Reinstall MS office? <br />
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I think its MS office H+B 2010<br />
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Thanks. <br />
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Existing excels docs wont open.  Error -  "There is a problem sending the command to the program" 

Create new doc. Ok. Save ok.  Go to open - same error.

Sounds like excel corrupt.

Repair excel? 
uninstall / Reinstall MS office? 

I think its MS office H+B 2010

Thanks. 





Looks like a file association problem. You can always try repair from Programs and Features. Or try starting Excel with /regserver parameter but I&#39;m not sure if Excel 2010 supports that.



Its 2007. 

I tried repair - same. 



Can you try this:

In the Excel Options, select &quot;Advanced&quot; on the left side of the screen, scroll almost to the bottom.
Under &quot;General&quot; category, look for &quot;Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE )&quot;, make sure it is not checked.


Corrupted user profile. 
Created new profile. 


Requesing delete question

Excel error opening existing .xls - &quot;There is a problem sending the command to the program&quot;


Existing excels docs wont open.  Error -  &quot;There is a problem sending the command to the program&quot; 

Create new doc. Ok. Save ok.  Go to open - same error.

Sounds like excel corrupt.

Repair excel? 
uninstall / Reinstall MS office? 

I think its MS office H+B 2010

Thanks. 





Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.

Microsoft Office

An office suite is a collection of bundled productivity software (a software suite) intended to be used by knowledge workers. The components are generally distributed together, have a consistent user interface and usually can interact with each other, sometimes in ways that the operating system would not normally allow. Most contain a word processor, a spreadsheet, an email client and presentation software; some might contain a database program. Several office suites have their own topics: Microsoft Office, Office 365, LibreOffice (also known as OpenOffice), Lotus IBM and Google Apps.

Excel error opening existing .xls - &quot;There is a problem sending the command to the program&quot;

Excel error opening existing .xls - "There is a problem sending the command to the program"