Lab View and Microsoft Excel Starter 2010

[BrunoPiccolotto]

Hello, good morning. The 'Microsoft Excel 2010 Starter' is not saved in Program Files and, thus can not access it with Lab View. How can I do to access the 'Microsoft Excel Starter 2010' with the Lab View?

[smercurio_fc]

What exacly are you trying to do with it? What do you mean by "accessing" it? Accessing it how? Are you trying to launch an executable?

Are you running a 64-bit OS? In this case, was it installed in the "C:\Program Files (x86)" directory?

[CAS_MattF]

Open file for edit using Excel Starter 2010

I can’t find Excel.exe and it seems that Excel runs in a virtual machine.  I tried to use NI’s Report Generation and it throws an error that Excel is not installed.  Let me know if you have a way to open a file for edit using LabVIEW and Excel Starter.  Back in the old days it was a simple system call to: Excel <filename>

Matt

[BrunoPiccolotto]

Yeah...

It's this happens with me, too.

Anybody have the soluction for this problem?

"The 'Microsoft Excel Starter 2010' isn't instaled at the computer's root and Lab View can't find the Excel."

Tank you very much for your help.

[smercurio_fc]

That specific version of Excel is not installed in the normal C:\Program Files. It's installed in a virtual machine. In essence, it's like it's installed on another computer that resides in your own computer. The virtual machine is just one big file on your system. You won't find individual files, so you can't start that version of Excel from the normal operating system. I have no idea why Microsoft did it this way. If you need to use Excel in this way you will need to purchase a "normal" version.

What is it that you are doing that absolutely requires Excel?

[RavensFan]

I had never heard of Microsoft Excel "Starter" until I stumbled across this thread.  I had to google it to figure out what it is supposed to be.  It sounds like Microsoft's replacement for the MS Works home version of a spreadsheet and word editor that they used to put for free on new computers.

[smercurio_fc]

Yeah, only OEMs are able to get that specific edition, so you can only get it (officially) when it's pre-installed on systems. Dell has it on some of their Small Business systems. Not sure if they make it available on their Home systems.

[BrunoPiccolotto]

Hi.

Thanks guys for your help.

Why did MS Excel in this way?

[smercurio_fc]

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@BrunoPiccolotto wrote:

Hi.

Thanks guys for your help.

Why did MS Excel in this way?

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Money? Isn't it always the reason?

The Starter edition allows them to provide a version of Word and Excel that accommodates the needs of probably a fairly large percentage of people out there (you know, all the ones that aren't writing books or evaluating their latest corporate takeover schemes with those fancy-schmanzy pivot tables), while at the same time provide a platform where they can serve up ads (with the fixed-size pane on the right-hand side).

[BrunoPiccolotto]

Yeah,

this prejudge us.

thanks