Excel and Access automatically launch on Windows 10 start

Try3 · 19 Jun 2019

jimbo45 said:

... I've got the entire Office 2019 pro suite ...

Jimbo,

Does the fact that you have Office 2019 whilst the others have Office 365 indicate that the problem is caused by an Office 365 update that is not offered to you?

Denis

MeAndMyComputer · 19 Jun 2019

Scottyboy99 said:

The problem is not so much that sign in option. It's more to do with the fact that office programs like excel and word are not closing down properly. In my instance I'll close excel but if I go into task manager the microsoft excel still has a process. This has the nasty side effect of causing outlook to hang on 'loading profile' until the excel (or word) process in manally ended. So unticking that option may stop excel or word launching on login. But if you do use them and then close them and later in the same boot session go to open outlook then could run into the issue

I hear you. But if you ensure that “If you have fast startup turned on, then this option will perform a hybrid shutdown instead of a full shutdown.”
As well as “shutdown /s /f /t 0
Immediately force running apps to close, and then performs a full shutdown of the computer.”
Does that help?

I don’t use Outlook, if Outlook is in use, could Outlook be the source of the problem?

In case it makes a difference I use Microsoft Home & Student with Click-To-Run.

jimbo45 · 19 Jun 2019

Try3 said:

Jimbo,

Does the fact that you have Office 2019 whilst the others have Office 365 indicate that the problem is caused by an Office 365 update that is not offered to you?

Denis

Hi there

@Try3

as far as I can see the updates for Office 2019 exactly match those for Office 365 -- I know eventually only Office/365 will be supplied going forwards but currently the two versions seem to have identical updates and releases.

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Cheers
jimbo

Try3 · 19 Jun 2019

Catfelix, Scottyboy99,

Just an idea but are there perhaps some [default] add-ins causing the problem?
- That might explain the difference in behaviour across different computers because options chosen/omitted during installation can affect which default add-ins there are.
- I use Office 2007 still so I do not know which default add-ins you might have.
- If, like Office 2007, you can run Office 365 in Safe mode then trying that would tell you if an add-in or other additional feature was to blame.

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- For Office 2007, you run in Safe mode by adding /safe to the application's command line. I believe that your command line would therefore be in the form

Code:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\OUTLOOK.EXE /safe

- Open Office 2010/2013/2016 apps in safe mode on a Windows PC - OfficeSupport I could not find an Office 2019 / 365 equivalent page.
- This page has a download link for a tool that disables all addins for your Office version I get a "stopped working" error when I start Office applications on my PC - OfficeSupport
- Any specialist VBA you have added might also be a cause but I think you'd have mentioned it so I think this sentence is a waste of your time.

Denis

Scottyboy99 · 19 Jun 2019

Sounds like the bug has been identified and will await a release. Another lame show by MS

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...3-7c5af3254dc4

Scottyboy99 · 24 Jun 2019

New office updates for 365 available tonight. Let’s see if this bug is squashed. So far so good so fingers crossed.

But in it’s place a new bug. Open settings app and view your account and go into email and accounts (not in front of pc so cannot remember exact wording). Now open outlook and if you have a hotmail acc setup it will prompt you for your password. So tick to remember credentials and all seems ok if you close and re open outlook. That is until you go into settings app and do same again whereupon it’ll wipe outlooks ability to renember the hotmail password again. Maybe this bug has existed longer but I only just noticed it happening (at least it does on my machines)

cheers
Wayne