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Aug 2011

Excel 2003 hangs when opening a network file

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I came across this issue today where opening a network file caused Excel 2003 to hang or crash. Opening the file locally worked normally.

Removing security updates KB2541025 and KB2502789 immediately resolved the issue.

Credit Technet:

Submitted by Richard Clapp on September 8, 2011.

If you don't want to uninstall these MS patches or if WSUS has them approved and they keep on downloading you can run the following fix: