Excel isn't working

[Xavierwithmac]

Hiya,

A couple of weeks ago I decided to clear my dock, because i don't like too many things on there, so as I rarely use excel I removed it from my dock.
Now i'm trying to access it and when I click on it from my finder it just comes up with this;

Process: Microsoft Excel [604]
Path: /Applications/Microsoft Excel.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Excel
Identifier: com.microsoft.Excel
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: Unknown-100708~0
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [90]

Date/Time: 2011-05-31 21:21:34.377 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.7 (10J869)
Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 504524 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 18
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 17
Anonymous UUID: 4C7EB731-976B-40AB-953C-9898BB712A7B

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/Netlib.framework/Versions/12/Netlib
Referenced from: /Applications/Microsoft Excel.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Excel
Reason: image not found

Binary Images:
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4162b dyld 132.1 (???) <A4F6ADCC-6448-37B4-ED6C-ABB2CD06F448> /usr/lib/dyld

Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0C, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.58f16
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 256 MB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.9)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.0f1, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02, 298.09 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd120000
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0xfd110000
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8403, 0xfa130000
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8218, 0xfa113000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0237, 0xfa120000

Then I tried to re-install it, but the cd wouldn't let me, saying that office was already on the computer.
So I really need to access it but can't! Please help!

 

[Gregg2]

Are you sure that the Excel dock icon is the only thing you got rid of? Do you have an Excel file? If so, what happens when you try to open it?

 

[LAS.mac]

Which Excel version do you have/did you have installed? I'd try in sequence to:
1. repair permissions
2. Completely uninstall and then reinstall Excel

By the way, Excel on mac is always been prone to crash and sporadic errors. I thought it was Excel 2008 which particularly bad. I bought now Excel 2011. It's the same crap, unstable, it crashes with no reason, and many times per day, opening a few kb file, says "the file cannot be opened because there is not enough memory". I have an iMac 27", last generation, i5, with 8 Gb RAM...