XL2000: Crash When Closing Excel After Closing Workbook with Circular References

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This article was previously published under Q249076

Symptoms

When you attempt to close Microsoft Excel after closing a workbook with circular references, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Windows 95/98

EXCEL caused an invalid page fault in module EXCEL.EXE at 0167:303c4b08

Windows NT

The instruction at "0x302ca789" referenced memory at "0x00000004". The memory could not be read.

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Cause

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

You calculate a workbook right before closing it.

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You close the workbook right before attempting to quit Excel.

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The workbook contains multiple circular references.

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Resolution

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

245025� OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

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