Cell reference Parameters in Connection properties of Excel are not saved, how do I fix this?

Hi!
I'm using excels pivot table function to grab data from my MS access db through ODBC connection.
I've set up the connections with parameters for my selection criteria or the "where" clause if you read the SQL statement. The parameters I use refer to cell values on in my workbook.
My problem is that the parameters are empty every time I reopen the workbook. This creates several problems. If I attempt to refresh the connection Excel crashes. If I attempt to save the workbook excel will crash.
So I have to manually re-input the parameters for each connection I have in the workbook. The parameters function and the ability to use cell values as the parameters is great and opens up for great possibilities. But it seems it's not working?
I even opened the xml file in the .xlsx container and found where the information for the parameters reference is stored. And it was present the connections.xml as:
<parameter name="From YYYYMM" sqlType="4" parameterType="cell" cell="Admin!$C$5" />
Which tells me there is nothing wrong with my saved xlsx file.
Is there any way around the problem?
Regards, Erik

Hi Jaynet, thanks for your reply.
My cells do contain values so that's no problem. It's a very simple setup where I have 2x6 cells with a couple of parameters that are to be used by all my connections in the workbook.
Using vb code to update the "forgotten" parameters inside the connections was something I also was thinking could be a solution. Just felt it would be a shame when the functionality for what I'm trying to do cleary has been built
in to excel in a very simple way through the UI.
Before I go down the vb route I'm gonna see if I can find more info about any fixes for this bug in excel, maybe a hot patch or something like that. (I can't speak vb so building such a thing is going to take a while for me as I have to take bits
and pieces I find around the web to get stuff working) :)

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