Hey there, three3aday.

I'm here to help you run the payroll reports in Excel via QuickBooks Desktop.

Repairing QuickBooks can to fix program-related issues or errors.

1. Restart your computer to close unnecessary programs interfering with QuickBooks.
2. Back up your QuickBooks company file.
3. Select Start and then Control Panel. (In Windows 8/8.1: From the Start menu, open Search and type Control Panel. From the results, select Control Panel.)
4. Select Programs and Features. If necessary, choose to Uninstall a program.
   (If you don't see these options, select Programs, then Program Features.)
5. Select QuickBooks in the list of programs and choose Uninstall/Change.
6. Select Continue, then Next.
7. Select Repair then Next. Wait for the Repair to complete.
8. Choose Finish. Restart your computer if prompted.
9. Don't forget to download the latest QuickBooks release and the latest payroll tax table when you open QuickBooks.

You can get more information in this article: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/community/Help-Articles/Fix-QuickBooks-Desktop-Windows/m-p/201490.

Also, you can check this article for detailed steps and instruction on how to repair the Excel: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/repair-an-office-application-7821d4b6-7c1d-4205-aa0e-a6b40c....

Once done, let's try to run Payroll Reports in Excel.

Here's how:

1. Click Reports at the top menu bar.
2. On the drop-down list, click Employees & Payroll then choose Summarize Data Payroll in Excel.
3. Click Enable Content.
4. Select Dates and click Get QuickBooks Data.

You may find this article helpful: Excel-based payroll reports.

If you need more help running payroll reports in Excel, please let me know. I'll be around to help you further.