Hi

I have 2 independent Excel programs (commercial products) that do not work when this update is installed. They both failed at an ActiveX control.

In the first program, an icon is embedded in a Worksheet. This program has literally 100's of Form Controls that all work OK but only the one ActiveX control:

=EMBED("Forms.Image.1","")

I have had to bypass this Control to get the program working again.

The second program had 2 ActiveX buttons:

=EMBED("Forms.CommandButton.1","")

I changed these to Form Controls and the program again works perfectly.

Trust centre settings for ActiveX controls did not appear to have any affect.

As a test, with a new Workbook, I tried to insert an ActiveX control in a new worksheet but I cannot!

(Initially posted in Microsoft community)

• Edited by pxcpyc 15 hours 2 minutes ago Spelling error

Quit Excel.
Start Windows Explorer.
Make sure that hidden files and folders are displayed.
Select the system drive (usually C:).
Use the Search box to search for *.exd
Delete all found files.
 
(Thanks to Excel MVP RoryA for this tip)

You do not have to uninstall updates anything.

This is a link to bat file fixed ActiveX problems in Excel and Word

In this file you can find this line:

@del "C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Microsoft\Forms\*.exd" /s
@del "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Forms\*.exd" /s
@del "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Temp\Excel8.0\*.exd" /s
@del "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\*.exd" /s 
@del "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Temp\Word8.0\*.exd" /s

I's safe to use with no admin rights

Regards