Ugh. Vista's being a bitch and I can't launch Microsoft Excel anymore. When I click the exe I get: This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel.

As you guys should know I'm a dumbass and have no clue what the hell that means.

Help?

 

Nope. I never even touched the file. Its in the same exact place.

Its in the Microsoft Office 12 folder and every other program (word, powerpoint, etc.) launches perfectly yet Excel says that association nonsense.

 

If you are really clicking on a .exe that makes no sense at all, sounds like what Sree said, and it's really a shortcut.

If you're clicking on a spreadsheet file (not with a .exe file name) you probably somehow got Excel from being the default program for that file extension. To fix: right click > open with > choose default program > click on Excel then always use to open this type of file, then okay/save/whatever should work fine.

 

Nope tried that. Its definitely the .exe It won't launch. And it keeps giving that same exact error. >_>

Why did this have to happen now of all times?

It gives me either the error I said before or the "It's not a valid Win32 application error." I'm not sure if its because my APPLocale settings are Japanese (which is weird because it never made a difference before) or what.

 

I have no idea at all why you are clicking on the .exe file. That should be safely stocked away in your /:C Folder.

Anyway, look up excel in your C folder and click the .exe there. That should remedy the situation. Or you can just click on a saved excel file.

 

That's what I did...

File Location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Excel.exe

Even when I use the shortcut in the folder I get the application error when I click that exe I get: C:\ProgramFiles\MicrosoftOffice\Office12\Excel.Exe is not a valid Win32 application.

Edit: If it makes any difference for some reason Windows isn't recognizing the excel Icon either despite the fact that it shows up on the support files.

 

Try uninstalling it and then re-installing. Or if it doesn't uninstall (shows error) then try repairing.