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1200727 - How does Xcelsius know where Microsoft Excel is in the registry?

Symptom

Xcelsius looks for the Excel registry path upon installation. What is the path?

Resolution

The registry path for Excel is:
 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\EXCEL.EXE

Keywords

Xcelsius, Dashboard, Excel, Path , KBA , BI-RA-XL , Obsolete: BusinessObjects Dashboards and Presentation Design , Problem

Product

SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 ; SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise 2008