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

I'm sure I'm wasting my breath/time with this post, but hey Microsoft ... why haven't you fixed this problem or provided official workaround instructions (that actually work) that we can use until you fix it? It's great that community members share potential fixes, but those fixes clearly don't work for everyone, so we waste a lot of valuable time trying various fixes that end up not working. I do not have enough free time to keep searching for and trying potential fixes until one works (because frankly most of them don't work). As you can see from just this one post, this particular problem has been occurring for YEARS and affects many Office users. We pay you a lot of money to use your software, why can't you fix serious problems (like this one) when we bring them to your attention? Or at least provide official RELIABLE workaround instructions that actually work? Please fix this problem now because we have suffered long enough!