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Excel - problem with opening files
I have a problem opening Excel files. APPVLP suddenly started showing up as the default program. Opening the file from Excel - Open File - and selecting the file from the list works, but double-click...
Chiming in here to report same experience. FWIW I'm using a Win10 machine with local copy of Office 2013. (Old unsupported product works fine for my light duty personal stuff thus no need to subscribe to 365. Yet...) Discovered this problem today (9/19/23), no issues yesterday. First inkling was my shortcuts to frequently used Excel files (protected and not) opened Excel but the file didn't continue to open. New shortcuts didn't work (all say open with appvlp vs. Excel program). Tried various ways to open files from file directory and by using Recent Workbooks on Excel; some methods worked, others just opened Excel only. Hit and miss.
Clearly something changed my settings/software within the past 24hrs. No viruses detected, everything that can be updated is updated.
I supposedly have copy of Office 2013 on my MS account, so theoretically I should be able to uninstall and reinstall a fresh copy. However, until MS or the crowd determines what caused this hiccup, that fresh copy stands to get changed, too, putting me right where I am today.
So, I'm all ears here...
Clearly something changed my settings/software within the past 24hrs. No viruses detected, everything that can be updated is updated.
I supposedly have copy of Office 2013 on my MS account, so theoretically I should be able to uninstall and reinstall a fresh copy. However, until MS or the crowd determines what caused this hiccup, that fresh copy stands to get changed, too, putting me right where I am today.
So, I'm all ears here...
Unfortunately, reinstalling MS Office does not work. It must be something operational, system and update related :(Deleted
There is a fix, I've tried it myself on 2 workstations without any issues:
Look for the post from: Krzysztof Nikołajczuk
- Hey Deleted this is good advice (TY Jfugere !). I reverted to 1000 and all my issues were resolved. Now we hope MS will recognize the flaw in 1001 and push out a subsequent update so we can resume Office updates.
FWIW, you can also look on the same thread under Jaison Jose for a condensed set of instructions.- Thanks guys, everything works now, phew 🙂
