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Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action
I have the same persistent problem, it's very annoying when I try and open excel spreadsheets and have to consistently wait for the OLE action and I've tried all the options you've listed as well.
If you are using Google Drive File Stream you need to turn off "real time presence" in the Google Drive settings.
I found this info here
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_excel-mso_win10-mso_2019/excel-ole-error-after-move-to-google-drive/03f44a0b-ff1d-4e53-8e32-86d123bb8957
- It was that!!! Thanks!!
- I tried to find "real time presence" in my google drive settings and I can't find it.
teribryantGo to the Office app in question (Excel, Outlook, etc), then go to File-->Options-->Add-Ins (left hand column near bottom)
IF the Azure Information Protection plug-In is there, it will be listed under Active Application Add-Ins at the top of the box. look down to the bottom of the open window where it says "Manage", and change that to "Comm Add-Ins", and press "Go". In the window that pops up, uncheck the Azure Information Protection plug in, and press "okay".
That worked for me when troubleshooting a client's Excel. But there are several things that cause this problem, so I just wanted to get the FYI out.
This is what I found in Add-ins and it didn't have anything checked except the Acrobat PDFMaker or the tool you were talking about.
