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Excel - problem with opening files
The successful workaround solution was previously posted in this thread by several contributors. Thanks to all for the great help!
Followup question...
​So, MS announced End of Support for Office 2013 effective 4/11/2023 (https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/end-of-support-for-office-2013-90e4b0d1-098f-4656-b6e7-8b13b67ed62f#:~:text=Support%20for%20Office%202013%20ended,and%20potentially%20harmful%20security%20risks.​) Note that page says "You'll no longer receive Office 2013 software updates from Microsoft Update.​" And yet in mid-September 2013, the v1001 update pushed. And now I see that there have been updates every month since April. (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-2013?redirectSourcePath=%252farticle%252fupdate-history-for-office-2013-19214f38-85b7-4734-b2f8-a6a598bb0117)
These continuing MS updates seem contrary to the 'End of Support' notice. What am I missing here? If this is no longer supported, can anyone explain why these MS Office 2013 updates were still being pushed as recently as this month?
More importantly, advice on where do we go from here? It now seems the v1001 update was buggy. So, were a v1002 update to become available, would it (or any other updates that follow) be trustworthy? Or, is it better to just keep Office updates turned off and stick with tried and true v1000 hereafter?
JHKW1I don't understand either, I recently discovered that repair updates have been coming out for years. Here at the company where I work, most machines have this version of office.
Reverting update works momentarily, could it possibly be a conflicting Windows update?- Thanks. Hoping someone out there can help us understand whether best practice is to allow future updates or stand pat with 1000.
Not sure what you meant by 'momentarily'. As for me, I a) stopped Office updates, b) reverted to 1000 using steps/advice provided by others on this thread, and c) have been using 1000 and am keeping Office updates off until further notice. I've allowed and since have received Windows updates that have not negatively impacted my Office or anything else. So, at least so far, I'm not experiencing any symptoms of conflicts. Hope this helps!
