Windows 10 Update 1803 Crashes Excel 2002

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You are not alone. See this thread for some possible solutions.
Excel 2002/3 crashes when typing/pasting after Windows 10 1803 update

If I were in your place (thankfully I'm not, Excel 2007 works fine in 1803) I'd subscribe to that thread (Thread tools, top right of first post) so you get a notification as more solutions are discussed.

billybronco1 said:

... it wants to load SP3, it downloads 100% but gives me error "OX80096004" when it tries to install.

Try downloading and installing SP3 with the standalone installer. Use the ...fullfile-enu.exe version.

Bree said:

...If you don't have SP3, then unfortunately Microsoft have long since removed the download from their servers. But it is still available through the archived copy of the MS download page on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine....

https://web.archive.org/web/20120621....aspx?id=23334

The smaller -client-enu version requires files from the original disks. If you don't have the original install disks any more you'll need the larger OfficeXpSp3-kb832671-fullfile-enu.exe version.

Excel 2002/3 crashes when typing/pasting after Windows 10 1803 update (post #5)

billybronco1 said:

I found the archived SP3 and downloaded the full version. Most updates installed but there are a few that will not, so my excel still does not work...

Read that other thread I gave you the link for, and follow the links it contains. I recall seeing discussions about some updates that don't install, and whether they are needed. Multiple restarts also seem to be required to get all the updates.

I don't have Office XP so I can't say if the solutions suggested so far are effective. Follow that thread and those it links to for further developments.

I'm guessing MS will have to address these issues soon, they're certainly getting a lot of heated 'feedback' about it :)

Best solution I've found is just to roll back update 1803:

Goto Settings, Update & Security
Under Windows Update, View installed update history
Recovery Options
(then it gets a bit more sketchy as the option is no longer there in the older version, so from memory:)
Roll back updates (Roll back to an earlier build - I can't remember exactly what it said)
....and follow prompts to return to an earlier build of Windows.
When the opportunity comes to tell MS why you're rolling back - I suggest not holding back in the comments box!

Once that's done if you wish, if you're as fed up with the bloatware/resource hog/feature breaking updates as I am, disable Win10 updates.

EDIT - Further: Amusingly rollback is a new feature incorporated into update 1803 - see "Os unistall period" - but this suggests the option to roll back is time limited, so I'd pull your finger out if you're going to do it. (That's why I can't find the exact sequence any more...)

I was actually looking for what "features 1803 brings" when I found the above. Unsuprisingly not one of them is of any use to me.

I'm now running 1709 again, and yes my machine is 64bit.

billybronco1 said:

Okay nothing is working for me, this has put me over the edge. I'm moving all my files to google drive and will now use sheets. This is the start for me to completely move away from windows.

Problem is with 64-bit Win10 ver 1803. No problem with 32-bit version.

A workaround is:
1. Select all cells, change justification to something different.
2. Enter you data or whatever.
3. Select all cells, change justification back.
4. Save