no links/VBA/addons, but : Microsoft excel waiting for another application to complete an ole action

HI,

Is your excel file stored in a shared drive? or is locally on your computer?

in case it is on a shared drive please try to move it to your computer to see if you have the same problem, in case the problem will not occur , you can try to upload it on SharePoint  to be "shared" with others.

Regards,

Costin