Problem

Opening an Excel document with the default global program association (Excel.Sheet.PW) opens a blank document.  You get an error about a bad program association (Cannot start application for the specified document. Check your program associations) could be 58002 or 112173

Configuring a user association pointing directly to the Excel.exe works, but it is not integrated.

Solution

 The add-on is probably disabled, follow these steps (specific to Office 2007) to re-enable

1. Open Excel

2. hit the Windows icon in the top left corner

3. open Excel Options (bottom, next to exit button)

4. Select Add-Ins

5. check if you see ProjectWise iDesktop integration listed under Disabled (most likely are)

6. at the bottom where you see Manage:  select disabled items and click Go

7. select all the PW related items you see (PWOffice12AddIn.dll , idOfficeAttribtes.dll, ...) and click Enable

8. Close Excel

Remove any user associations you might have pointing directly to the excel.exe and go back to using the default global Excel.Sheet.PW

See Also

Product TechNotes and FAQs

External Links

Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase

Bentley LEARN Server

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