SW2018 not exporting BOMs to xls

Anybody having this issue?

I try to export a BOM to xls but it doesnt show up in the actual folder I tried to save it to, it DOES show up in my "Recent Files" but will not open if I try.

If I go to the file properties of the non-existent file, it shows it is 0kb in size. So something is going wrong.

Any help is appreciated.

FYI, this is a new workstation and does NOT have MSExcel installed, my gut is telling me that is the reason

SolidworksBill Of Materials