The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
- Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager for Microsoft Excel,
version 1.0
SYMPTOMS
When you launch the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager for
Microsoft Excel (SBFM) you may receive the following error:
Small Business Financial Manager is not loaded or not installed. The
Program may not function properly without it
and your only option is to click OK.
CAUSE
You may receive the aforementioned error if both of the following are true:
- You have both Microsoft Excel version 5.0 and version 7.0 on your
machine.
-and-
- You tried to launch SBFM from the Desktop shortcut.
If you have both version 5.0 and 7.0 of Microsoft Excel on your machine,
when you double-click the SBFM shortcut, Microsoft Excel version 5.0 may be
the version that is started by Windows. Since SBFM is not designed for
Microsoft Excel version 5.0, you will receive the error message if this
version of Microsoft Excel is started.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, you can do either of the following:
- Start Microsoft Excel version 7.0 first (from the Microsoft Excel
shortcut on the Programs menu, or the Office Shortcut Bar for example).
Since the SBFM add-in will load automatically, you will be able to
access the features of SBFM from the Accounting menu that is added to
the menu bar.
-or-
- Reinstall Microsoft Excel version 7.0 with the "/y" switch. This will
rebuild the Windows registry to list it as the current version of
Microsoft Excel.
To reinstall Microsoft Excel version 7.0 with the "/y" switch, do the
following:
- Quit any Microsoft Office programs that are currently running, including
the Office Shortcut bar.
- In Windows Explorer, open up the folder in which you have the setup
program for Microsoft Excel version 7.0 (or the setup program for
Microsoft Office for Windows 95 if this is how you installed Microsoft
Excel version 7.0).
- On the Start menu, click Run and delete anything in the Open drop-down
box.
- Drag the Shortcut for Setup from the folder in Step 2 and drop it onto
the Run dialog box.
The full path to the Setup Shortcut will appear in the Run dialog box.
For example, if you dropped the Office Setup shortcut onto the Run
dialog box, the command line in the Open drop-down will read, by
default, c:\msoffice\setup.lnk.
- Modify the command line in the Open drop-down by adding "/y", without
quotes, to the end of the command line, so the above example will
now read, c:\msoffice\setup.lnk /y. Note, make sure there is a space
separating the path to the setup shortcut and the /y switch.
- In the Run dialog box, click run.
This will start the setup maintenance program.
- In the Setup dialog box, click Reinstall.
- When Setup finishes, click OK.
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.
MORE INFORMATION
If you workaround the problem by following either of the steps in the
Resolution section you may subsequently receive the same error message. The
problem may resurface if you restart Microsoft Excel version 5.0 as this
will reset the registry, listing it as the current version of Microsoft
Excel. Therefore, if you double-click the SBFM Desktop shortcut Microsoft
Excel version 5.0 may be launched instead of version 7.0.
REFERENCES
"Readme.txt" on Disk 1 of the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager
for Microsoft Excel.
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