Excel 2013 crashes after I install Power Query add-in

Excel 2013 Professional 64 Bit crashes while opening after installing PowerQuery 64 bit add-in.
Power Query File version:
PowerQuery_2.17.3850.242 (64-bit) [en-us].msi
Excel Version: Microsoft Excel 2013 (15.0.4675.1000) MSO (15.0.4675.1002) 64-bit
Office Version: 15.0.4569.1506
Excel just opens fine after I uninstall the add-in

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In the event view of the Notebook I can only see the following related errors:
Faulting application name: EXCEL.EXE, version: 15.0.4603.1000, time stamp: 0x53162a3a
Faulting module name: EXCEL.EXE, version: 15.0.4603.1000, time stamp: 0x53162a3a
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000070c3eb
Faulting process id: 0x1f9c
Faulting application start time: 0x01cf84820bcf4ee4
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\EXCEL.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\EXCEL.EXE
Report Id: cb310f11-f094-11e3-9cbd-6c626d373f9c
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
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The program EXCEL.EXE version 15.0.4603.1000 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel.
Process ID: 1cc0
Start Time: 01cf84a1a42cd29e
Termination Time: 0
Application Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\EXCEL.EXE
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Excel 2013 crashes every single time I click on Power Query Tab and try anything

I have Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. I installed Office 2013 Professional Plus 64 bit. I dont have any older versions of office. I downloaded and installed power query 64 bit. I start excel, click on power query tab and select any option, excel crashes
and closes, every single time.
The event viewer says "Excel is running into problems with "microsoft power query for excel" add-in If it keeps happening disable this add in and check for updates.
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Hi,
It should be the latest version of Power Query. Make sure there is no old version of power Query installed in your computer.And what happens if you reinstall Power Query add-in or repair your office program?
Also Microsoft Power Query for Excel requires Internet Explorer 9 or greater.
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While installing the power query add in Microsoft Excel 2013 through this error?

Hi frnz,
while i installing the power query add in excel 2013 i will get the follow error.pls let me knw the reason ,
Currently my operating system is windows 7 64 bit os service pack 1
i am the error msg which am getting .
Microsoft powerquery for excel(x64) requires the 64bit version of microsoft excel 2010 sp1 or microsoft excel 2013
plase first install the 64 bit version of microsft excel 2010 sp1 or microsoft excel 2013

If you are running 32-bit Office, then you must install the 32-bit version of Power Query even if you are running 64-bit Windows.

Error installing Power Query - Wrong edition of MS Office

Hello Support,
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The product requires and edition of Microsoft Office or
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Hi Vineet,
Your version doesn't meet the requirements. Read more
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Hello, could someone please help me?
I need to install Microsoft Power Query to allow me to easily merge excel tables from different worksheets (files).
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Here are my specs, I cannot change these:
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Hi,
As far as I know,
Microsoft Power Query for Excel requires Internet Explorer 9 or greater. Windows operation system will check the system requirements before starting installation. Thus, we could not do the options which you mentioned above.
Then, we may try to find the workaround to get your original purpose: Merge excel tables from different worksheets (files).
1. Try to use
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http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2012/09/combine-multiple-worksheetsworkbooks-into-a-single-powerpivot-table/
Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
2. Try to use VBA code
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/gg549168(v=office.14).aspx
3. If you have Excel 2013, we may try the new featuer "Data Model " in Pivot table:https://support.office.com/client/Tutorial-PivotTable-data-analysis-using-a-Data-Model-in-Excel-2013-f9ad8310-3b5b-48a3-913d-5cc1b364ee46
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Excel 2013 crash - related to digital signature?

This is a cross-posting of a thread originally started in Microsoft Answers (Office- Excel) forum, advised to post in this forum by MS support engineer Mohan Suryanarayan (link to other forum: here).
I have a VB macro in file A (which otherwise contains only several Excel Tables with named ranges). My digital signature (for signing code) is attached to file A.
As the macro executes, the Open file dialog is called up so that the User can select a secondary file to open (file B or C).
Files B and C contain several sheets with formulas and Excel Tables, and also their own extensive VB macros. My digital signature is also attached to files B & C.
The remainder of the macro in file A simply executes an update of the Excel Tables in the secondary file, before saving & closing it.
I have been finding that during execution of the file A macro, Excel crashes and closes all open Excel files.
If I remove the digital signature from the secondary files then the macro in file A executes with no problem.
The macro was written in Excel 2007 and on a different laptop, with different digital signature, and used to have no problem at all. When a new laptop was purchased a new digital signature was obtained and placed into all of the files.
Execution of file A is a critical process - I need help with stopping the crash, while maintaining a digital signature in the secondary files (so that their own macros can execute).
Event Viewer error shows the following:
Faulting application name: EXCEL.EXE, version: 15.0.4667.1000, time stamp: 0x543d366c
Faulting module name: mso.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5447696f
Exception code: 0xc0000602
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Faulting process id: 0x2d58
Faulting application start time: 0x01d01e17eafcd0bb
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\EXCEL.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Office15\mso.dll
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Tom, all I can give you is relatively non-information. I haven't experienced that type of behavior even in Excel 2013 with digitally signed macros in multiple workbooks. But my digital signature is a commercial one from DigiCert, not
self-cert. I'm not even sure what piece of Excel or Office processes the digital signature (that is, whether it is mso.dll or not). But your whole process has more moving parts than most of mine involving multiple workbooks do - I quite often turn
off .EnableEvents when doing things like that just so event driven macros in the other workbook(s) do not execute.
Do the macros in the 'B files' have to execute during all of this processing in file A? If not, have you tried turning interrupts off:
Application.EnableEvents = False
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Have you looked at this discussion:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-excel/excel-2013-crashing-immediately-when-attempting-to/ea2ab100-5525-4a0d-a3cf-6977319f954f
Sounds very similar to yours - original signature created in 2007, and crashing in 2013. Some suggestions were made, but whether they fixed the issue or not is unknown: OP never came back and said "fixed it" or "didn't fix it".
I replied:
In answer, the secondary B files don't execute any part of their macros during the A file process, and I hadn't included an EnableEvents = False within the file A code. However, I have just tried it to check if it made any difference and unfortunately it didn't.
I had read the thread you gave a link to before posting, and also the sub threads given within that one, but didn't see anything I thought of immediate parallel other than an Excel 2013 crash.
The way I read the linked thread was that a User added a signature in Excel 2007 and when they tried to open the file Excel (2007?) crashes, although other people using Excel 2013 can open it (not clear whether it means others can open the one with
the 2007 signature or without it).
Anyway, the differences in my situation are that:
(1) my B-files were originally created in Excel 2007 on a different laptop to current and had their own signature attached. I maintain a 'stock' of B-file versions, some of which have the old signature and some the new. If I run the A-file macro
on one of the B-files with the old signature then it executes ok;
(2) I am able to open the B-files ok, no matter whether the signature in them derives from the old laptop with Excel 2007 or the new laptop with Excel 2013;
(3) the macros within the B-files execute ok (this includes any versions of the B-files which still have an old signature attached, by removing the old signature and replacing with the new and executing on the new laptop);
(4) the offending operation which triggers the crash (when the B-files have the new signature attached) is a Resize of the Excel Tables within the B-file. I understand that I may eventually have to find a workaround for this operation but initially
I want to sort out the signature issue (I'm reasonably sure the signature issue is not a red herring where the Resize is the 'real' problem).
Regards, Tom

Hi,
According to your description, this issue occurred with some particular files that stored in SharePoint site. Did the user download the file to local disk to print?
Based on the event log >>Faulting module name: EXCEL.EXE<<, it does not show the root Faulting module. Thus, please try to follow this KB to do general troubleshooting:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2758592
Then, if you have used "printer status application", please go to Device settings -> Installable options -> Printer Status notification and select disable.
If this issue still exists, we may need to collect the App crash dump file:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/dd996900.aspx
You can try to analyze dump by yourself if you would like to：
How to analyze app crash dump file:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2007/05/29/basic-debugging-of-an-application-crash.aspx
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Excel 2013 crashes when creating VFP OLE DB Data connection

Hi all,
I don't know how often the DBF format is used in Office but it seems some demand still exists because Microsoft created 64 bit version of dBase ODBC and OLE DB driver (in Access data engine). Then I don't understand why Microsoft ignores its own FoxPro
DBF data format because FoxPro ODBC driver is not supported already and no 64 bit version of VFP OLE DB driver is planned...
I am testing DBF file import to Excel 2013 (32 bit) but it crashes instantly. I have VFP OLE DB driver (the last version), some small DBF file, and I am trying to read it as external data in Excel.
Steps to reproduce (menu prompts are translated, so some differences may occur):
Open empty worksheet
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A list of OLE DB providers installed appears, select Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Visual FoxPro and click "Next >>"
Excel 2013 crashes...
This process works in Excel 2010 and 2007 so the problem must be in Excel 2013...
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To connect to a Visual FoxPro database or table in Word
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Unable to install power query 2.15 version

installing power query 2.15 is asking for location of powerquery 2.10 version which i dont have is there any other way to install 2.15

Satya, is this still an issue?
Can you ask internally?
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Install Power Map add-in for Excel 2013 without admin rights

Hello,
I don't have administrator rights on my computer, and I would like to know if there is a way to install the Power Map add-in without it, e.g. via an xlam file in the add-ins menu, instead of trying to launch the exe file that you can download here microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38395
Many thanks for your help!

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Access 2013 crashes after mail merge in Word 2013

We have several Word templates that query an Access database to populate themselves. After the mail merge is complete, when we close Word then Access immediately crashes every time. This started after upgrading from Office 2003 to 2013. We tried updating
the Word Doc to 2013 but then it would not connect to the data source at all. Last, we also tried to Compact and Repair the database with no luck.
We searched for an Access Hot Fix but could not find anything that matches our issue. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Use a table or query as the data source
Open the source database, and in the Navigation Pane, select the table or query that you want use as the mail merge data source.
On the External Data tab, in the Export group, click
More , and then click Merge it with Microsoft Office Word .
The Microsoft Word Mail Merge Wizard starts.
Select whether you want to create the link in an existing document or in a new document, and then click
OK.
If you chose to link to an existing document, in the Select Microsoft Word Document dialog box, locate and select the file, and then click
Open.
Word starts. Depending on your choice, Word opens either the document you specified or a new document.
In the Mail Merge pane, under Select document type, click
Letters and then click Next: Starting document to continue to step 2.
In step 2, click Next: Select recipients.
In step 3, you create the link between the data source in Access and the Word document. Because you started the wizard from Access, this link is created automatically. Under
Select recipients, note that Use an existing list is selected, and the name of your data source is displayed under
Use an existing list.
Click Edit recipient list if you want to customize the contents of the table or query.
You can filter, sort, and validate the data. Click OK to continue.
Click Next: Write your letter to continue. Follow the remaining instructions in the
Mail Merge pane, and in step 5, click Next: Complete the merge.
Other ways to use a table or query as the data source
You can specify a table or query as a data source in additional ways. For example, you can export the table or query from Access to an ODBC database, a Microsoft Office Excel 2013 file, a text file, or any other file format that is compatible with Word,
and then link to the resulting file by using the Word Mail Merge Wizard.
If you have not already exported the table or query , do so. In Access, in the Navigation Pane, select the table or query that you want to use, and on the
External Data tab, in the Export group, click the format you want to export to, and then follow the instructions.
In Word, if the Mail Merge pane is not displayed, on the
Mailings tab, in the Start Mail Merge group, click the arrow under
Start Mail Merge, and then click Step by Step Mail Merge Wizard. The
Mail Merge pane appears.
In step 3 of the Mail Merge pane, under Use an existing list, click
Browse or Edit recipient list.
In the Select Data Source dialog box, specify the data file that you created in Access, and then click
Open.
Follow the instructions in any dialog boxes that follow. In the Mail Merge Recipients dialog box, review and customize the contents of the file. You can filter, sort, and validate the contents before you continue.
Click OK, and then click Next: Write your letter in the
Mail Merge pane. For more instructions on customizing your mail merge, see Word Help.

Excel 2013 crashes when trying to open existing worksheets from previous versions of Excel

Hello
I have windows 8 and Excel 2013 on my system. I need to access previously created worksheets (in older versions of Excel), however, when I attempt to open them the Excel crashes.
The is not what I expected from getting the latest version. I telephoned Microsoft who advised that there was a compatabilty problem with no work around at this stage.
I found that the only way round it was to use an (download free) alternative non-Microsoft program
http://www.openoffice.org/ and copy into the 2013 Excel as a new worksheet. A little disappointing after purchasing the Excel .
Have I got this wrong or is there a Microsoft solution to this issue???

Hi,
Try the following steps:
Open Excel 2013, and go to
File –> Options –> Trust Center.
Under
Trust Center settings, select Protected View and
uncheck all options under it.
Restart the Excel 2013 to check the issue.
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Crashes after Leopard install

Hey gang. Here's the scenario. I have installed a 3rd internal hard drive to my Power Mac G4 AGP series Mac. It is running off a new Sonnet Tempo Serial ATA controller card. After a lot trouble just trying to get Leopard to "see" the new drive as an option to install it on, it FINALLY has! I had to install some older firmware from Sonnet that helped to do so. SO, it installed Leopard onto my new Seagate 500gig drive but when it says to reboot to continue, it starts rebooting and then just suddenly shuts completely down...like a complete failure or something. I re-installed and still the same thing. Any thoughts?
you guys have helped me get this far, hopefully we can finally break through to the other side!! Allllmost there! : )

Well, it seems that the main problem was with the firmware from the new Sonnet PCI controller card. After talking to a rep, they said many PowerMac G4 users had better luck with Leopard using the an older version of firmware. 5.1.3 instead of 5.3.1. But before I found all that out I had cloned the partition that was running my current OSX (10.3.9) to the new Seagate 500gig drive in hopes that I would be able to install Leopard after doing so but it wasn't until installing the older firmware that I was able to actually install Leopard onto the drive. The problem was that it was crashing after installation when I would reboot. I wiped the "clone" off of the new Seagate, re-initialized the drive and it worked fine after that! So apparently, something did not like the cloning even though it "installation was successful". Don't know if that helps but I hope so. thanks again for all of your help!

All programs crashing after re-installing OS X

Hi all,
I've recently made the jump over to Mac form Windows and invested in a new 17' Macbook Pro. Sadly today someone decided to play a little trick on me and convinced me to run the Sudo FM command in Terminal and I lost my OS.
After re-installing OS X i'm now having problems with my programs. I've reinstalled the Apps disc but every program i Launch seems to crash after a few seconds (i'm yet to find a program that doesn't crash).
I have a time machine that has backups, but i presume that's not saving any program data, just my personal files, so i guess thats not going to help. Can anyone suggest how I can get around this?
Many thanks.

How did you reinstall? I'm guessing that something wasn't done properly... maybe you installed on top of remnants of the old OS (IIRC, even "sudo rm" can't remove files that are in use) and something is screwed up because of that.
Time Machine certainly is capable of backing up the entire hard drive, including system files, apps, etc., and does so by default. If you have an up-to-date Time Machine backup, and you hadn't excluded anything from the backup, you can restore from that. To do that, see item #14 on the [Time Machine FAQ|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1964018].

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