‘excel.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows’ – Fix it
MS Excel, which is a spreadsheet program and comes integrated with Microsoft Office suite of products, helps users to keep the data in the organized form and allows them to run several functions to make it effective and usable. The main executable of this application is called Excel.exe, whose proper functioning is quite mandatory to keep the spreadsheets far from any problems like corruption.
The improper termination of the file, when any important file is opened, results into the wired corruption instances. In this regard several error messages may be encountered like:
“EXCEL.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created.”
After the error message, the application gets terminated unexpectedly. This can even result when editing some of the imported data in the spreadsheet.
As has been stated earlier, the improper killing of the Excel.exe process is the cause of the problem which can be due to improper system shutdown or power surges. So this is recommended to always have a surge protector.
To fix the issue, you can try editing the registry. But this should be done carefully and only after you take a backup of the registry. You need to delete the Excel folder and keys under /Microsoft office/office.
There are several Excel repair softwares, that offer an interactive user interface to users and are available in the market under different brand names.You can also try using those softwares to recover your important Excel workbook.
