Windows Cumulative Update KB5007186 has broken office

Hi

It looks like Windows Cumulative Update KB5007186 has broken office on my laptop.

I have done another restart and no change.

Clicking on any office app displays this message


Followed by (referring to whichever office app is clicked on) NB The first message of this kind related to OneNote which I had not clicked on and do not use.


Normally if an update is in progress I will see something in task manager and indeed on the taskbar. Neither Task Bar or Task manager (under apps) shows any updates in progress . Is there something I should be looking for under Background or Windows Processes?

Windows build shows as


Should I uninstall office and reinstall? If so, do I need to remove device as once of my licences first?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

dalchina said:

Hi, you could of course try a little experiment:
either
- use a System Restore point created before the update was applied, if any
- uninstall the update and see if Office is still ok.

You can of course also repair Office.

Wise to do a general search to see if others have experienced this with your particular version of Office.

Thanks. Just checked for restore points and somehow it has been turned off on my system drive!! I don't recall doing that. So trying an office restore.

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dalchina said:

Hi, you could of course try a little experiment:
either
- use a System Restore point created before the update was applied, if any
- uninstall the update and see if Office is still ok.

You can of course also repair Office.

Wise to do a general search to see if others have experienced this with your particular version of Office.

Thanks again. A quick repair did it. The obvious....doh. Sometimes I forget how much better windows and office got in recent years.