Does Excel create error logs?

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From time to time Excel will crash, and you get the Auto Recovery dialog window to open Auto Saved files. But I’ve never seen a reference to an error log file which would tell you what happend to crash the program-what was Excel doing or trying to do that caused the issue. That would be good to know. Does one exist? Thanks.

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Hi

When Excel crashes, a dump file is generated.
Performing a postmortem after an Excel crash requires surgical skills.

As a starting point you might try:
Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Tools > Microsoft Office Diagnostics

40190-officeDiagnostics

If you have a repeatable sequence of events that lead to a crash, you might get some help from this Lounge.

Or, for the brave, you could try the Microsoft Debug Diagnostic Tool. Get it from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40336

zeddy

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