Cannot Find Microsoft Excel Running WK4 Converter Setup

ID: Q123572

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 File Converter Setup program, you may receive the following error messages even if Microsoft Excel is installed on your computer

Cannot find Microsoft Excel
followed by:
The WK4 converter has not been installed properly


CAUSE

This problem occurs if you have renamed your Microsoft Excel executable file, EXCEL.EXE. The Microsoft Excel executable file must be named EXCEL.EXE for the converter to be properly installed.


WORKAROUND

To avoid this behavior, make sure that your Microsoft Excel executable file is named EXCEL.EXE before you install the Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 File Converter.

To rename this file, close Microsoft Excel, and then use the Rename dialog box in File Manager. The Rename dialog box is available by choosing Rename from the File Menu in File Manager.


MORE INFORMATION

When you run the Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 File Converter Setup program, setup searches your computer for the file EXCEL.EXE, and copies the file XLCONVW4.DLL to the directory that contains EXCEL.EXE. The location of this file is then written to the [Converters] section of your EXCEL5.INI file.

For example, if your Microsoft Excel executable file is located in d:\excel5, the [Converters] section of your EXCEL5.INI file contains the following line after you run the Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 File Converter Setup 


   convn=Lotus 1-2-3 Release 4 or 5 (*.wk4),D:\EXCEL5\XLCONVW4.DLL,*.wk4


where convn indicates the number of Microsoft Excel external file converters that are installed, for example conv2.

NOTE: If the Setup program does not locate the EXCEL.EXE file on your local hard drive, Setup also searches other available drives, such as network drives.

To open Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 files in Microsoft Excel, you must obtain the Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 File Converter. The Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 File Converter is available in application note WE1130 "Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 File Converter." You can obtain WE1130 from the following sources:

For more information about obtaining the Lotus 1-2-3 WK4 File Converter, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q122583 : XL5: Lotus 1-2-3 Release 4 for Windows File Converter

Additional query words: 5.00c 


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Version           : 5.00 5.00c
Platform          : WINDOWS 
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Last Reviewed: July 23, 1999