Advanced Monitoring to Improve Combustion Turbine/Combined ...

combined Cycle Performance and Fault Diagnostic Module (CCPFDM), Version 1.2
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Figure 4-2
Example of Dialog Box that Appears Each Time the CCPFDM.xls Spreadsheet Is Loaded
Setup Cannot Find Excel
If you encountered the message during the installation that the setup routine could not find an
installed version of Excel, but you know Excel is installed, you will have to modify the shortcut
to CCPFDM to include the path to the Excel.exe file. To do this, first find the path to Excel.exe.
Select the "Start" button from the taskbar, select the "Programs" submenu, then highlight
Microsoft Excel and right-click with the mouse. A menu will appear and you should click on
Properties. The Excel Properties window will appear. Highlight all of the text contained in the
Target field under the Shortcut tab. The highlighted text is the path to Excel.exe. Copy it by
simultaneously hitting the Control and C keys (Ctrl+C). Now close the Excel Properties window
by clicking the "Cancel" button.
Now open the CCPFDM properties window by doing the following: select the "Start" button
from the taskbar, select the "Programs" submenu, click on CCPFDM, then highlight the Excel
spreadsheet icon labeled CCPFDM and right-click with the mouse. A menu will appear and you
should click on Properties. The CCPFDM Properties window will appear. Place the cursor at
the beginning of the Target field under the Shortcut tab by first clicking anywhere within the
field and then hitting the Home key. Now paste in the Excel.exe path information by
simultaneously hitting the Control and V keys (Ctrl+V). Next make sure there is a space
between the end of the Excel.exe path and the beginning of the CCPFDM.xls path information
by hitting the space key once. The text in the field should now look something like this:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Program
Files\CCPFDM\CCPFDM.xls" /p "C:\Program Files\CCPFDM" /e
(The above text assumes the default directory was chosen for the CCPFDM files.)
Save the changes and close the CCPFDM Properties window by clicking the "OK" button. You
are now ready to start CCPFDM (see step 8 above).