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Tom Phillips
Jun 20, 2020Copper Contributor
PowerShell Direct - Unable to open Excel workbook with Excel.Application ComObject
Hello All, Hoping someone may be able to enlighten me or provide an alternative. Running in a local PS session on a Win10 client with Office 2019 installed, I am able to run these commands, open...
- Jun 22, 2020
I hate to be the one to answer my own question, but that is what's happening.
After what I thought was a thorough three day search, I happened across a similar solution used for another like situation.
I found that going into DCOM Config and, in the properties of the Microsoft Excel > Identity tab, change the setting to "The interactive user".
Since this is not a production machine and is being used for testing, I have not looked any deeper than solving my immediate problem. To those who see a security issue, again, this was not a consideration for me in this case. If it was production, I would spend more time considering the collateral of this change.
Tom Phillips
Jun 22, 2020Copper Contributor
I hate to be the one to answer my own question, but that is what's happening.
After what I thought was a thorough three day search, I happened across a similar solution used for another like situation.
I found that going into DCOM Config and, in the properties of the Microsoft Excel > Identity tab, change the setting to "The interactive user".
Since this is not a production machine and is being used for testing, I have not looked any deeper than solving my immediate problem. To those who see a security issue, again, this was not a consideration for me in this case. If it was production, I would spend more time considering the collateral of this change.
- jcawesomeNov 23, 2023Copper Contributor
Thanks Tom for this. I created an account in the Tech Microsoft Community just to send my gratitude for sharing your findings. I have the same issue and updating the DCOM config worked for me.
- vijekirsMay 11, 2021Copper ContributorTom, I'm having the same issue. Let me try this solution and get back to you