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There was a problem sending the command to the program Excel 2013 Error.

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Problem:
There was a problem sending the command to the program Excel 2013 Error.

 Solution:

There could be different reasons for this error to appear in office 2013 applications after upgrading from the old office versions.

Fix it:


1.Open RUN window(Windows Key + R).

 2.Type Regedit and press enter key.

3. Click on file and Export a back of registry on desktop.

4. Navigate Hey_Classes_Root\Key\Excel.openspredsheet.12\shell\open\command

5. Change the key value: EXCEL.EXE /dde < to > EXCEL.EXE /e "%1".

6.Save it by pressing F5 key from keyboard.

7. Try to open your excel documents.

Note: If after changing the above registry value did not resolve the issue.You can try to changing the same value for all other excel key hives in registry.

You can also try doing this.

 1.Click the File tab, and then click Options.

2.Click Advanced, scroll down to the General section, and then clear the Ignore other applications that use

3.Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) check box in the General area.

4.Click OK.

Comments

  1. fisika2 March 2014 at 12:49

    i didn't found "key" at my Hey_Classes_Root :(

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  2. Sandy2 March 2014 at 18:28

    Hi Fishika,
    If you are in Registry windows the very first registry hive will be Hey_classes_Root.
    then you will be able to locate the other hives as well.

    Let me know if you need any other help.

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  3. Phil C3 March 2014 at 20:30

    Let me add a little to this, what worked for me: Key: Excel.Sheet.12 - Change Open/Command/Default to the suggested /e "%1" (subbing the /dde at the end). AS WELL AS deleting the whole ddeexec sub-keys.

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  4. Anonymous15 April 2014 at 08:27

    After a long hard search the issue was caused by running MS Excel in Windows XP (Service Pack 3) mode, removed this setting and normal service was resumed.

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  5. Anonymous14 May 2014 at 18:17

    It's nice that Microsoft makes software that you have to be a programmer to make work right!

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  6. Jake16 June 2014 at 01:05

    That didn't work for me.
    I recreated the user profile and that fixed it

    ReplyDelete
  7. Unknown23 June 2014 at 22:12

    not working

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  8. Unknown11 July 2014 at 01:11

    Tried both methods. Any advice?

    ReplyDelete

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