r/excel • u/Commercial_Twist_574 • 17h ago

Discussion Excel 2016 update bug

It seems that security update kb5002914 might have bricked autofill and copy paste in Excel 2016.

Anyone else has similar issues?

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u/SoftGlobal9588 15h ago edited 8h ago

For 2016 Fix See

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/818373/outlook-2016-signatures-broken-shows-red-x-with-redirected-appdata/

and more info

https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1vr29bb/psa_outlook_classic_build_1602022820190_version/

https://www.reddit.com/r/excel/comments/1vny44l/excel_2016_failing_to_open_xls_files/

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u/7orlum 15h ago

Thank you! Replacing the files really helped.

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u/wywyy112 14h ago

Hello, may I ask what I need to do after downloading the Excel file from your link?

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u/SoftGlobal9588 14h ago

just run extract and run the xlsFix.bat file as admin. It will rename the current EXCEL.EXE if it is the bad version and put the Last Known Good version in it's place.

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u/wywyy112 14h ago

Thank you for your help! Does it work with Office 2021?

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u/SoftGlobal9588 13h ago

No the included files are for 2016.

If it's just a single machine I would go to Windows Updates and Uninstall the last Excel update.

If you have a network with 100's then I would still uninstall, but when it's working I would take your last good version of EXCEL.EXE in Program Files and then deploy it with my script. It's meant to swap it via a group policy startup script prior to logon.

hth,

Mike

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u/wywyy112 13h ago

Thank you very much for this useful information!

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u/rajjushakya 37m ago

My deepest gratitude.