XL97: Error Quitting WordPad Document That Contains Worksheet

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you quit Microsoft WordPad, you may receive the following error message:

   This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.
   If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

   EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at
   0137:30129e22.

   EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module KERNEL32.DLL at
   0137:bff9a5d0.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

• In WordPad, you insert a Microsoft Excel Worksheet object that is displayed as an object into a document.

      -and-
  

• You switch to the worksheet object by double-clicking it.

      -and-
  

• Without closing Microsoft Excel 97, you switch back to WordPad and quit the program without saving changes to the file.

      -and-
  

• You are running Microsoft Windows 95.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, click "Close & Return to Document" on the File menu in Microsoft Excel 97 before you quit WordPad.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.