Excel 2003 Beta 2 Stops Responding When You Open a File That Does Not Have an Extension (817974)

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Error Signature

This article describes a program error that can have the following error signatures:

AppName      AppVersion    ModName   ModVersion    Offset
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Excel.exe    <appversion>  Mso.dll   <modversion>  0001abe1

where appversion is a number equal to or greater than 11.0.4290.5 and modversion is a number equal to or greater than 11.0.4920.5.

SYMPTOMS

When you try to open a file in Microsoft Excel 2003 Beta 2 that does not have a three letter extension (for example, .xls), Excel stops responding and you may receive following error message:

Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Please tell Microsoft about this problem.

We have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Microsoft Excel. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.

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