Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in excel for windows

Last updated: April, 2021

Excel crashes and slow performance issues

• [FIXED] Office Applications crash due to Nahimic audio driver

• [FIXED] Windows cannot find "c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\outlook.exe

• [FIXED] Excel file becomes corrupt when opening a file that contains a VBA project or after enabling a macro in an open file

• [FIXED] Excel 2016 or 2013 may crash with older versions of GigaTrust software

• [FIXED] Crash in chart when filtering date based categories in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

• [FIXED] Error 0xC0000142 when you start an Office 2016 application

• [FIXED] Crash or data loss when using Chinese Input Method Editors (IME)

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• [FIXED] Excel 2016 for Windows hangs in East Asian languages

• [FIXED] Office apps crash after you try to access files from OneDrive

Excel features and add-ins issues

• [WORKAROUND] Automation add-ins for Excel are not loading after installing April 2021 security update

• [FIXED] "Access Denied" when launching an Office add-in

• [BY DESIGN] Dotted borders are printed as solid lines in Excel

• [WORKAROUND] Missing New Comment and New Note from Excel's context menu

• [WORKAROUND] Threaded comments and notes are displayed incorrectly and the new note entry point is missing in Excel

• [WORKAROUND] "The fine print" license agreement message unexpectedly appears when opening Office apps

• [WORKAROUND] Wrong Japanese era displayed in Excel dates

• [FIXED] Problems with text, underline, and flickering screens when using Office edit languages

• [FIXED] Excel 2016 problems with phonetic edits in Japanese edit language

• [FIXED] Error containing URL "http://hubblecontent.osi.office.net/" when inserting an icon or a picture

Click here for older features and add-ins issues that are fixed

• [FIXED] Autofilter drop-down is not showing all options when the number of cells exceeds 10,000

• [FIXED] AutoSave is missing from the Office toolbar

• [FIXED] AutoSave is disabled for OneDrive and SharePoint locations

• [FIXED] Excel cursor flickers after updating to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (v1709)

• [FIXED] Unable to copy or move sheet in Excel 2016 (Build 4229.1002)

• [FIXED] CTRL + H or Replace button opens the Find tab on the Find and Replace dialog in Excel 2016

• [FIXED[ Repeated prompt to login and open "_vti_rpc" when using Office 2016 apps with documents stored in OneDrive

Known issues, changed functionality, and blocked or discontinued features

• Flash, Silverlight, and Shockwave controls blocked in Office 2016

• "Activate method of OLEObject class failed" error when using Power View in Excel

• Office 2016 files open as read-only unexpectedly

• Office 2016 is automatically set as the default application when opening an Office file after installing the Office 365 trial version

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