Tuesday 22 August 2017

Excel: There was a problem sending the command to the program



Excel file giving an error "There was a problem sending the command to the program". Rather annoying. As if some problem with Microsoft Excel. Should I uninstall and reinstall? Perform a MSOffice repair? Found the solution online. Due to a Dynamic Data Exchange feature. You can read all about it in the link I provided.
So how to disable the error pop up and fix the problem? Well, open you Excel program.
- Click on the Excel option.
- Click on the Advance tab and scroll all the way down.
- Look for the checked "Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)".
- uncheck it.
- Click ok and close the Excel.
It should fix the problem.