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Article ID: 290068 - Last Review: March 20, 2007 - Revision: 5.1
You receive an error message when importing, exporting or linking text files
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understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information
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When you use the Export Text Wizard to import, export, or
link a text file, you may receive the following error message:
Invalid setting in Excel Key of the Engines section of
the Windows Registry
Use Registry Editor to modify a registry key.
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
- To start Registry Editor, click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type Regedit.exe (in Microsoft Windows
95, Microsoft Windows 98, or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition) or
Regedt32.exe (in Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft
Windows 2000). Click OK.
- In Registry Editor, expand the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4\Engines\Text
- For the Format key, you see the following value:
- Change the value of the Format key to the following value:
- Quit Registry Editor.
If you still experience the problem after you modify this key, follow these steps:
- Open Registry Editor.
- Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Jet\4\Engines\Text
- Verify that the value of the DisabledExtensions entry is set to the following:
!txt,tab,csv,asc,tmp,htm,html
- Verify the value of the Extensions entry is set to the following:
txt,csv,tab,asc
- Close Registry Editor.
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