XL2000: Invalid Page Fault Saving Shared Workbook That Contains Conditional Formatting

ID: Q231125

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you save a shared workbook that contains conditional formatting, 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.

If you click Details, you receive an error message similar to the following

EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at 015f:301ff285.

and Microsoft Excel quits.

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

The workbook is shared.

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More that one user has the workbook open.

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One user cuts and pastes a cell that contains a conditional formatting rule, and then saves the file.

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A different user attempts to save the file.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: XL2000 crash crashes crashing crashed quit quitting quits fail fails failing failed break

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug