>When attempting to import an Excel spreadsheet into a VFP 6.0 table, I receive a the Fatal Exception Error C0000005.
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If you haven't done so already, apply the Visual Studio Service Pack 3 to your system(downloadable from msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/downloads; it's big, so you might want to order it on CD for the relatively niminal cost instead.) C5 errors were caused by many difference memory-managment issues, and the vast majority of those were addressed in the SP3 update.