ArcGIS Pro 3.0 won't open projects with joined excel files

[B_Brooks]

I upgraded to arcgis pro and had a few issues with opening excel files initially. Someone said to make sure I installed the .NET Desktop runtime - did that. someone said to upgrade the access driver. I did that. Still I have a project that has an excel file joined in the map and it won't ever finish loading the project. When I look at the task manager, the "ExcelToSQLite64.exe" seems to be where the hang up is. 

Any other weird packages I need to install to get this software to work?

~Brandon

[George_Thompson]

Be sure to review this doc: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/help/data/excel/prepare-to-work-with-excel-in-arcgis-pro.ht...

I have seen this help many people. It came from here: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/get-started/whats-new-in-arcgis-pro.htm 

[B_Brooks]

Thanks George!  I'll keep trying.  My IT department doesn't allow anyone to have admin rights, so every attempt to fix requires an additional20 minutes, which makes this extra aggravating. I just want to run my analysis. 🙂

[AdrianaAbramovich]

I recommend:

* Open the project backup version and remove the excel file from the Map
* Upload the excel file to a new map. Open the geoprocessing tool, then convert the excel to a table.
* Lastly, add the table to the map.
Adriana

[RhettZufelt]

If you have ArcMap installed on the same machine, will need to install both the 32 and 64 bit versions of the .NET Desktop runtime and the Access driver.

R_

[B_Brooks]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Nothing is working yet. I haven't even seen ArcMap in 6 years, so not worried about that. There is no backup. I'm gonna try and create a new project and hopefully load all the data I need from the side.