How to install with Excel 2010?

[mg]

Hello,

I just downloaded Arixcel 1.28 wishing to try it out. It fails to install and gives a message "Cannot find Microsoft Excel on this computer".

I'm running Windows 7 (64bit) with MS Office 2010 (32bit) Home & Student installed. Is there some way I can indicate to Arixcel how to find my excel application?

Thanks,
mg

[Support]

We do not know the reason for this error. It seems that the installer running in 64 windows cannot find the 32bit Office...

The installer uses a mechanism similar to the following VBS code to find out whether Excel is installed or not:

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Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
MsgBox objExcel.Version


Can you please create a new text file somewhere on your computer, copy and paste the above code in it, rename to "something.vbs" and run? Will you see the Excel version displayed in a message box?

Best regards,
Arixcel Support

[mg]

When I run the script you provided I get a popup titled "Windows Script Host" with the following runtime error.

Script: C:\Users\Matthew\Downloads\something.vbs
Line: 1
Char: 1
Error: ActiveX component can't create object: 'Excel.Application'
Code: 800A01AD
Source: Microsoft VBScript runtime error

fyi. If I look at the shortcut for Excel that is listed under "All programs" then I find the following:
Target: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\Virtualization Handler\CVH.EXE" "Microsoft Excel 2010 9014006104090000"
Start in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\Virtualization Handler

Does this help?

thanks,
mg

[Support]

OK, that's the reason then. Your Office 2010 is not installed on your local operating system, but is deployed through Microsoft Application Virtualization - a new technology in Office 2010. I do not think you can add any add-ins to Office installed in that way, including Arixcel Accounts. The only solution is probably to reinstall the Office locally on your operating system.

[mg]

Your answer makes sense and now I understand why the installation did not work. In which case I will look to make an office installation that is not using virtualization. One last thought on this. I guess that as more people use virtualization then at some point there must be a solution to this issue, otherwise most if not all Excel plug-ins would become unusable.
mg.

[Arixcel5]

Hello,

I just downloaded Arixcel 1.31 and installed one copy without problems on a Win XP Offcie 2007 machine.

However on my home computer Windows 7 (64bit) with MS Office 2010 (64bit) Home & Student it fails to load and gives a message "Run-time error 429: ActiveX component can't create object".

Can anyone help please.
JM

[Support]

Unfortunately, Arixcel Accounts does not work with 64 bit versions of Microsoft Office yet.