“The list cannot be imported because a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation-compatible spreadsheet application is not installed or is not compatible with your browser.”
I resolved the above error by running the Office Setup routine from the installation disk. Incidentally, you’ll need to use 32 bit Internet Explorer when importing your spreadsheet as a list.
However, I still had an issue, where once i’d clicked ‘Import’, the following error occurred:
“An unexpected error has occurred.”
Handy. Not.
However, the following Microsoft Support Article helped resolved the issue:
“The list cannot be imported because a Microsoft SharePoint Foundation-compatible spreadsheet application is not installed or is not compatible with your browser.”
I’m using:
Microsoft Sharepoint Foundation 2010
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
Microsoft Excel 2010
I’ll get back to you once i’ve found out how to sort this nonsense.