I was quite happy when Feature Pack 3 for the SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 platform was released. However, after installing it on a 32-bit Windows 7 machine with MS Office 2010, I encountered a C++ runtime error every time when I launched Xcelsius.exe.

It took a while to find the solution but here it is:

- Right click Xcelsius.exe

- Select the ‘Run as an administrator’

- Problem solved..

The next time I started it, without the ‘run as administrator’ trick, it launched just fine.

Like many times, finding the solution is often the hardest part. Applying the solution it self is often very simple.

 

If you may encounter the same problem, try this solution.

It helped in my case.