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    Running Excel 2013 – it suddenly started refusing to open existing .xlsx files and would hang – after a while it pops up an error box saying “Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action”. I have to “End Task” to close the program. The files scan virus-free and I created them and use them frequently.

    I’ve done a full reinstall of Office 2013 and even did a reinstall of Windows 10 Pro! I thought that had fixed it because it all seemed to work, but then I find it happens again sometimes. When it does, a reboot clears the problem – until the next time!

    Any suggestions? I’m totally at a loss.

    thanks, Peter

     

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      I think it’s a systematic issue with Microsoft which is what they will have fixed in the new releases coming soon.  I am having this issue as well, and noticed some coincidental updates happened during this time period.

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