There are times when you may want to configure permissions for Excel in the DCOM configuration tool. This is a fairly straightforward process if you follow https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms678426(VS.85).aspx - "Setting Process-Wide Security Using DCOMCNFG". But you may run into a problem where "Microsoft Excel Application" doesn't appear in DCOM. Additionally, you may receive the followi
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