The procedure entry point EnumCalendarinfoExEx could not be located in the dynamic link library kernel32.dll

Anonymous
2019-01-23T16:00:56+00:00

Good day team.

We're getting this when opening any document in office 2010. We're running it on WinXP SP3 32 bits.

"The procedure entry point EnumCalendarinfoExEx could not be located in the dynamic link library kernel32.dll"

Haven't found any solution so far, all help is welcome.

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Anonymous
2019-01-23T23:18:47+00:00

OMG! I was having the same error message "The procedure entry point EnumCalendarInfoExEx could not be located in the dynamic link library Kernel32.dll" So I checked to see what updates had been installed since I was in the office last week... KB4462157 on 1/18/2019. Uninstalled that one and Excel is now working! I hope this fix works for you as well.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-02-22T06:00:55+00:00

    I'm sick to my stomach. 

    I finally learned how to do this and uninstalled KB4462174 and it still doesn't work. I ckd my list 5 times and I con't have the other ones on there.

    I wish to heck that MS would just release the KB #"s that are culprits. I don't know what else to do. It's a big guessing game. 

    I guess I could delete everything on this Feb 2019 list found at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4488446/february-2019-updates-for-microsoft-office

    Excel 2010 Description of the security update for Excel 2010: February 12, 2019 (KB4462186)
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: February 12, 2019 (KB4018313)
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: February 12, 2019 (KB4462174)
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: February 12, 2019 (KB4462177)
    Office 2010 February 5, 2019, update for Office 2010 (KB4462172)
    Office 2010 February 5, 2019, update for Office 2010 (KB4462187)
    Outlook 2010 February 5, 2019, update for Outlook 2010 (KB4462182)

    The problem is this. You John said 2174 was a problem and the MS list says that's from Feb 12, 2019.

    But there are articles that say that MS pulled the Jan 2019 updates and that's a different list of KB's so do I do all the ones from Jan AND February????

    Here's the January list.

    Product Knowledge Base article title and number
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: January 8, 2019 (KB2553332)
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: January 8, 2019 (KB4461614)
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: January 8, 2019 (KB4461617)
    Outlook 2010 Description of the security update for Outlook 2010: January 8, 2019 (KB4461623)
    Word 2010 Description of the security update for Word 2010: January 8, 2019 (KB4461625)

    So far, I have removed these updates and all works

    KB4462157

    KB4461614

    KB4462174

    I have also stopped automatic updates, so that I can control what updates are installed.

    I still log in anxiously each time though :|

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-02-21T20:57:56+00:00

    I'm sick to my stomach. 

    I finally learned how to do this and uninstalled KB4462174 and it still doesn't work. I ckd my list 5 times and I con't have the other ones on there.

    I wish to heck that MS would just release the KB #"s that are culprits. I don't know what else to do. It's a big guessing game. 

    I guess I could delete everything on this Feb 2019 list found at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4488446/february-2019-updates-for-microsoft-office

    Excel 2010 Description of the security update for Excel 2010: February 12, 2019<br> (KB4462186)
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: February 12, 2019<br> (KB4018313)
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: February 12, 2019<br> (KB4462174)
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: February 12, 2019<br> (KB4462177)
    Office 2010 February 5, 2019, update for Office 2010 (KB4462172)
    Office 2010 February 5, 2019, update for Office 2010 (KB4462187)
    Outlook 2010 February 5, 2019, update for Outlook 2010 (KB4462182)

    The problem is this. You John said 2174 was a problem and the MS list says that's from Feb 12, 2019.

    But there are articles that say that MS pulled the Jan 2019 updates and that's a different list of KB's so do I do all the ones from Jan AND February????

    Here's the January list.

    Product Knowledge Base article title and number
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: January 8, 2019<br> (KB2553332)
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: January 8, 2019<br> (KB4461614)
    Office 2010 Description of the security update for Office 2010: January 8, 2019<br> (KB4461617)
    Outlook 2010 Description of the security update for Outlook 2010: January 8, 2019<br> (KB4461623)
    Word 2010 Description of the security update for Word 2010: January 8, 2019<br> (KB4461625)

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-02-21T20:41:32+00:00

    NOWHERE however can I find a DEFINITIVE list of the KB#'s of the updates that caused the problems. I feel MS ought to share that list. From what I'm reading, this issue started back in November 2018 where Japanese users were affected first.

    It all has to do with how the Japanese define their years. 

    I have some updates that are related to the Japanese calendar thing but they may be healthy cause they came out more recently. I am only going by the list above but there is a list here at this link below but that doesn't mean they all caused problems. It's just the list of Office 2010 updates since this year.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4488446/february-2019-updates-for-microsoft-office

    And in this list it shows KB4462174 as Feb 12th which seems odd since this Japanese calendar issue was discovered back in Nov '18. All very confusing...

    MS just really needs to release a list of the KB's that have issues and provide the exact KB #.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-02-21T20:26:14+00:00

    Hey, John, I was getting ready to call Microsoft but I thought I'd take your suggestion and double check the updates that I removed. 

    I went to Add or Remove Programs.  Show updates was checked.  This time I changed Sort by from Name to Date Last Used. I found KB4462177 and removed it.  The system still didn't work.  I then removed KB4462174 and VOILA I was able to open all Office programs and documents.  I'm not sure why changing Sort by made a difference.

    How Microsoft can release updates that haven't gone through prototyping and proofing is beyond me.  I'll never install their fixes again.

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