XL2000: Crash When Closing Excel After Closing Workbook with Circular References

• Microsoft Excel 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to close Microsoft Excel after closing a workbook with circular references, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Windows 95/98

EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at 0167:303c4b08

Windows NT

The instruction at "0x302ca789" referenced memory at "0x00000004". The memory could not be read.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

• You calculate a workbook right before closing it.
  
  -and-



• You close the workbook right before attempting to quit Excel.
  
  -and-



• The workbook contains multiple circular references.

STATUS

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

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

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