Password Problem Fixer

If you have installed the Google Desktop search software and you are using Excel it is highly likely that you will get a request for an add-in for Microsoft Excel Password when you close Excel. And if you do not know the password (which is also highly likely) clicking cancel does not close the dialog. Nor does clicking on the X to close the dialog. It just keeps coming back and back and back. Some users have been able to close the password request dialog after clicking cancel many many times. If this does not work users have to kill Excel via Alt-Ctl-Delete or even power their PC off and on. None of these are acceptable solutions. The problem does not affect all users. It does not happen all the time. It is fairly rare (and one must have Google desktop search installed) But to those it happens to it is down right annoying. It happens if the add-in file is protected and especially if the add-in file is opened by another add-in. Google is aware of the problem. And we (and I suspect others) have told them of the solution. As of Jan 4th 2004 they have not fixed. The response we have gotten from then is that they "may fix it in a future release". Nice to know. They did offer us a free t-shirt. We refused it. Our recommendation is to un-install the Google desktop search. If you don`t need it get rid of it. If you do need a desktop search program, get one that works with Excel.