Generally Excel.Exe will be located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15 in case of Excel 2013 / Windows 7. During installation, if another path is chosen, Excel.Exe's location changes. Default Path is also dependent upon Office and Windows combinations. Sometimes, it may not be locatable at all.
To find the location of Excel.Exe –
1. Start Excel
2. Right click on Windows Task Bar > Start Task Manager > Processes tab (Task Manager can also be opened by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC)
3. Locate Excel.Exe > Right Click > Open File Location to reach to Excel.Exe
VBA Approach – Immediate Window
1. Open any workbook and ALT+F11
2. If Immediate Window is not visible, CTRL+G
3. Put following in Immediate Window and Enter to display the path of Excel.Exe
? Application.Path
VBA Approach – Coding Approach (May be needed to access this location from another application)
1. Open any workbook and ALT+F11
2. Locate your Workbook name in Project Explorer Window
3. Right click on your workbook name > Insert > Module
4. Copy paste the Macro code given (Either of the Macro Code will work)
5. Go back to your Workbook and ALT+F8 to display Macro Window
6. Run your Macro from here
Sub GetExcelExePath() Dim Path As String Path = Application.Path MsgBox Path End Sub
' By Jim Cone
' http://www.excelforum.com/excel-programming-vba-macros/524074-how-to-find-out-the-path-to-excel-exe-thru-vb.html
Sub GetExcelPathFromVB()
Dim appXL As Object
Dim s As String
Set appXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
s = appXL.Path
MsgBox s
appXL.Quit
Set appXL = Nothing
End Sub
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16
Goto this path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16
From drop down select all files, you should be able to find excel.exe
On my computer(Win 10, office preinstalled) it is in a directory under:
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\
So not always the case.
Thanks. I found it on "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Office.Desktop.Excel_16051.11425.20202.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Office16"
Windows 10 is too sneaky, I could find in on "search files"..
Ok. I found it (windows 10 hell), but I still cannot access WindowsApps folder to set prn files to open in excell.
Awesome – another seemingly simple thing made increasingly difficult by Microsoft, SOLVED!
Very very helpful article. Thanks a lot !`
I can't find any of my Windows programs (Word, Excel, etc.) Where are they?
I also cannot find my stored docs. Can't find file manager, or whatever it's called now. Why do you have to make it so hard?
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