Opening excel file

Posted by Jamison, Cheryl S on Aug 18, 2009; 1:24pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Opening-excel-file-tp1090158.html

Hi  List—

   I am using SPSS V17 for the first time, and am trying to  open an .xlsx excel file (which should be ok).  I get the following error:  “Error starting the virtual Java machine, unable to open file..”  (and it gives the filename).   Does anyone have any suggestions?  I tried saving it as an older Excel file, but that didn’t help. 

     Thanks—

        Cher