I have a new problem opening Excel files from a flash drive or e mail attachment. I contacted Microsoft tech support and they quoted me $250 to solve the problem which seemed bizarre. If yo are patient here is a summary of the problem
I am having trouble opening an Excel file. It was created in Excel and copied to a memory stick but the extension is .xlsx.cpcg. The default program to open is Archive Utility (Excel is not an option). When I “open” it in Archive Utility it creates a thumbnail with the extension . xlsx and again the default program to open is Archive Utility (Excel is still not an option).
Here is what the Microsoft tech said:
I have diagnosed your MAC preference files which an individual entity which holds all the settings and associated information for the apps installed in your computer. After the diagnosis it was determined that the Excel preference file system is corrupted completely and it seems like a virus/Malware might have damaged the preference files.
Since, MAC stores every application in an individual entity called application preference the corruption is isolated to Office program for now. If these corrupted are not addressed now then there is a possibility of them migrating to other application preference file as well which can lead to other complications.
To fix the problems with the Excel file not opening and to avoid other application being corrupted, an erroneous Excel preference files has to be isolated and repaired manually along with the removal of the bug which might have caused this corruption in the first place.
At this point she quoted me $250 to fix the problem and when I objected she dropped it to $150. Sounds like a used car salesman.
Questions:
Does this diagnosis have any possibility of being correct?
If true, is there a way for me to fix the problem?
Sorry for the long winded diatribe. Suggestions will be sincerely appreciated
poppi
I am having trouble opening an Excel file. It was created in Excel and copied to a memory stick but the extension is .xlsx.cpcg. The default program to open is Archive Utility (Excel is not an option). When I “open” it in Archive Utility it creates a thumbnail with the extension . xlsx and again the default program to open is Archive Utility (Excel is still not an option).
Here is what the Microsoft tech said:
I have diagnosed your MAC preference files which an individual entity which holds all the settings and associated information for the apps installed in your computer. After the diagnosis it was determined that the Excel preference file system is corrupted completely and it seems like a virus/Malware might have damaged the preference files.
Since, MAC stores every application in an individual entity called application preference the corruption is isolated to Office program for now. If these corrupted are not addressed now then there is a possibility of them migrating to other application preference file as well which can lead to other complications.
To fix the problems with the Excel file not opening and to avoid other application being corrupted, an erroneous Excel preference files has to be isolated and repaired manually along with the removal of the bug which might have caused this corruption in the first place.
At this point she quoted me $250 to fix the problem and when I objected she dropped it to $150. Sounds like a used car salesman.
Questions:
Does this diagnosis have any possibility of being correct?
If true, is there a way for me to fix the problem?
Sorry for the long winded diatribe. Suggestions will be sincerely appreciated
poppi
