And Chip Pearson has some notes at:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm
That might help you find the problem.
> When opening Excel.exe I get the error message: "Invalid
> number of arguments", and then I'm not able to open the
> program at all. What might be the reason for this? I've
> tried to reinstall Office with no luck.
>
> Thanks for all help :o)

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