Cannot Save-As Any Excel File As Of This Morning

Harrison Pierce 0 Reputation points
2025-01-21T17:47:11.5466667+00:00

I cannot save-as any new Excel files as of this morning (1/21/2025). Attempts to save-as existing Excel files as new files is also not possible. What can I do to remedy this?

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  1. Emi Zhang-MSFT 27,476 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2025-01-22T02:03:09.2+00:00

    Hi,

    Did you install any updates for Windows or Office recently?

    Did this problem only appear in Excel? How about other Office products?

    Did you install any add-in for Excel recently?

    Did you have any error messages when try to save as the Workbook?

    I suggest you open it in safe mode running the following command: Press Win + R, type "excel /safe" in the blank box, press Enter. If it works fine in safe mode, please check the add-ins in your excel and disable them.

    Click File > Excel Options > Add-Ins on the left side of the dialog. Then click the drop-down arrow at the bottom of the dialog box and select "COM Add-Ins" from the list, then click the GO button. What comes up is a list of COM-Add Ins that are loaded and running.

    You can also go to File- Options- Save, please confirm if the default save file location is correct:

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