Why does the "Restart Office to apply privacy settings" not go away

Anonymous
2024-06-23T00:51:04+00:00

Why does the "Restart Office to apply privacy settings" not go away even after i have closed all office products, restarted them i have even restarted PC and still every time i open an office priduct i have this same issue?

Restarted multiple times in different applications, rebooted PC still same error

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-17T22:33:46+00:00

    No fix that I have found though by now there should have certainly been one. Seems like a quality assurance problem not unlike Boeing's. There is a connection between stored credentials for Microsoft 365 applications and OneDrive. Credentials Manager (accessible via Control Panel) can be used to delete authentication data for OneDrive and that sometimes seems provide a temporary solution.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-11T20:19:08+00:00

    That seemed to work.

    As a test, going back to Insiders Production Preview brought back the problem.

    After that, as a means to satisfy my curiosity, I tried leaving the Insider program. let it re-install production version and then re-enrolling with the Insider Beta version ALSO eliminated the problem.

    That is where I will leave it. :-)

    Insiders Production Preview? Insider Beta version?

    I have no idea what you're talking about. :-) Way above my pay grade, as they say. I just want my Office suite to work to work without the annoying glitches.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-07T18:51:45+00:00

    Hello,

    This worked for me, so the latest update is the problem?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-03T08:04:57+00:00

    I can confirm that this method works. I fixed this problem. Thank you!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-30T11:11:57+00:00

    Dear RennieSchmid

    Thank you for your response.

    We have received feedback from other users who are experiencing similar issues to you, so we need to investigate if this is a bulk issue.

    We are currently trying to find a solution, you can go to your account homepage, go to the "Privacy" option, find Microsoft 365, and turn all the options on or off, for example, if they were on, turn them off. Then wait for some time, reopen Office and check the situation.

    If it still doesn't work, we suggest you uninstall Office manually and download the offline installation package to install it.

    You need to go toyour account homepageand check the version of Office you have in the "Services & Subscriptions" screen. Click on "Install" and a window will appear. On the screen that appears, select "Version" as "Offline Installer", which will download a larger installation package of about 4.9GB.

    Disconnect your computer from the network after the package is downloaded, open the package and select setup64.exe to install it.

    I hope the above information has been helpful to you. Please feel free to reply if you need further assistance.

    Best Regards,

    Tracy | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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