How to solve this Unhandled exception Error in PowerPivot for Excel?

Hi ,


I have an annoying error showing up in PowerPivot which is not letting me to build any DAX functions in PowerPivot, please help me.

Any time I go to create a formula I get an error " Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application.  If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. Details below.



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 System.InvalidCastException: Return argument has an invalid type.
    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.ValidateReturnArg(Object arg, Type paramType)
    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PropagateOutParameters(IMessage msg, Object[] outArgs, Object returnValue)
    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
    at Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Application.get_ActiveWorkbook()
    at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.XLHost.Addin.GeminiRibbon.currentClientWindow_InFormulaBarChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.XLHost.Modeler.ClientWindow.OnInFormulaBarChanged()
    at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.XLHost.Modeler.ClientWindow.sandboxEditor_InFormulaBarChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Common.SandboxEditor.OnInFormulaBarChanged(EventArgs e)
    at Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Common.SandboxEditor.formulaBar_Enter(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnEnter(EventArgs e)
    at System.Windows.Forms.Control.NotifyEnter()
    at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.UpdateFocusedControl()


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     Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34251 built by: FX452RTMGDR
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     Win32 Version: 11.0.3000.0 ((SQL11_PCU_Main).121019-1322 )
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