Hi there, @Jeff Berg.
I appreciate you sharing your inputs here in the Community about fixing the error when exporting a report to excel in QuickBooks Desktop.
This information will surely benefit other users. Also, I have here some articles about exporting MS Excel files in QuickBooks for yout future reference:
Feel free to post again if you have any questions about QuickBooks or any thoughts you might want to share.
Thank you and wishing you and your business continued success.
