XL2002: Error Message: Excel Was Previously Unable to Load Your Toolbar Customizations Starting Excel (288614)

SYMPTOMS

When you run Microsoft Excel 2002, the following error message appears:

Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close.

followed by

Excel was previously unable to load your toolbar customizations. Would you like to reset your toolbars to their default state?

If you click Yes, Excel opens. However, if you click No, the first error message reappears.

CAUSE

This problem can occur when you do the following in Excel:

You run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro, similar to the following
```
CommandBars("Watch Window").Controls(1).Reset
						
```
that resets a control on the Watch Window toolbar using the Reset method.
You quit and then start Excel.

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, do not use the Reset method on the Watch Windows CommandBar object. If you are using a looping structure on the CommandBars collection, exclude the Watch Window toolbar. The following sample code demonstrates this:

For Each cmdBar in Application.CommandBars
   If cmdBar.Visible Then
      If cmdBar.Name <> "Watch Window" Then
         cmdBar.Controls(1).Reset
      End If
   End If
Next

MORE INFORMATION

In Microsoft Excel 2002, the Watch Window toolbar is a pane style control that does not allow for customization. However, because the Watch Window is considered a toolbar (a CommandBar object in Visual Basic for Applications) and toolbars can be customized, it accepts the Visual Basic for Applications Reset method. If it is reset, Excel is unable to reload the toolbar.

NOTE: This problem does not occur with the Task Pane toolbar. If you try to reset one of its controls, it will return a run-time error.