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Good day,
Please assist me in resolving the error message i get when i try to open Microsoft Excel files. This started after windows 10 automatic updates about 8 hours ago.
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Hi Keith, if you are having a problem opening all Excel files, follow these steps to perform a full repair of your Office installation . . .
Open Control Panel - Programs and Features
Click Microsoft Office in the list of installed applications
At the top, click 'Change'
On the resulting dialog, click 'Repair' - choose the online repair, it is a comprehensive fix
That should fix any issues with your Office Installation . . .
Glad to help, if you have any more questions, please contact us here at MS Community!
Thank you so much, this resolved the issue very quickly, now i can access my Excel files.
Hello. I'm Rey, a Community Expert willing to help the users.
Can you please tell us what's the exact error you are having?
Best Regards
Try repairing your Office installation. First try Quick Repair (takes 5 - 10 mins) , if that doesn't help then try Online Repair (Takes more than 30 mins but less than 1 hour in general)
Note - If this is not Office 365 / 2016 - Please repair only if you have product key with you as sometimes it asks for the product key again after the repair.
How to repair instructions -
