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Old 11-13-2024, 05:08 AM
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Hi, I'm new here.


Today I'm experiencing a bad issue for the first time.
Excel hangs at the startup window indefinitely - like forever.
This happens when I launch it from the programs (Windows) menu as well as when I click on a file name (ANY .xlsx file).
All other Office programs work fine.
I have restarted the pc two times to no avail.

What can it be?
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Hi and welcome. Did you try repairing your Office installation or reinstall it?
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Old 11-14-2024, 03:01 PM
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Hi Pecoflyer.
I have just tried to repair my Office installation but it did not work.
I have visited every possible Microsoft support and help pages. At a certain point I found the tip to update Office from the Account menu inside an Office App (e.g., Word), but there is NO Update button in the Account menu.


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Did you also reinstall it from scratch as suggested?
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Old 11-15-2024, 02:38 AM
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Done!
I have uninstalled Office 2016 and installed Office 365, which I had available from my employer. Still Excel is somewhat slow in the startup phase, much slower than the other Office apps... maybe this is physiological?

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Is it slow overall or with a specific workbook?
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It is slow only in the startup phase, then it works normally, but it is something I can live with, I guess.
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Perhaps enable multi-threading in Excel - Options - Advanced?
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Multithreading is already enabled (by default I guess, since I don't even know what it means).
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Seems to work!
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