Active X controls in Excel 365 stopped working

Question

After today's Windows update and re-boot, I am no longer able to drop an Active X control on a sheet or even access existing controls' properties. Underlying VBA code works as do macros and form controls.
Anybody else seeing this?

Answer 1

Hi Antene88,
>>Is there the same problem with office 2013? I still would have to do my updates when I shut down.<<
Yes, as far as I test the issue occurred in Office 2013 too. Here is a workaround provided by other community:
First：
Start Windows Explorer.
Select your system drive (usually C:)
Use the Search box to search for *.exd
Delete all the files it finds.
Start Excel again.
Second：
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
Also we have reported this problem and will keep you updated once there's any progress.
Regards & Fei
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