cannot start the source application for this object in microsoft office 2016

Question

when I try to open an embedded object in excel, I get an error message "cannot start the source application for this object". I have tried repairing office, and still will not work. it works on another computer just fine but not mine. I have also tried the adobe fix as well.

Please help

Answer 1

Pretty much everything related to this problem refers to the same cause/solution except one described in the following thread

How to fix 'Cannot start the source application for this object' for embedded items Error

https://www.reddit.com/r/excel/comments/5nezdk/...

Beyond that - don't have anything else to suggest if that doesn't work for you other then switching to Office Insider and report the issue to MS from inside Office by going to File --> Support --> Contact Support

If you're using a consumer Office sku - going to an Insider build is done by going to https://products.office.com/en-us/office-inside...

If you are using a Business sku of Office - getting an Insider build requires using the Office Deployment Tool

Alternative way to report to MS Support

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/contactus/

Answer 2

You should review the following thread which discusses the problem along with a solution to see if it resolves the problem for you

excel embedded pdf error cannot start the source application for this object

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/2870...

Answer 3

already tried that. it did not work