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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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I tried all of the methods and tried the command line fix and it worked for my Word document.
Then I got the same error when I loaded Excel.
I did the same fix for Excel as Word.
It seems to have worked.
Now it is July 12 and the issue has returned.
aghhhhh - same for me , error has returned :(
Mine is still okay...fingers crossed.
A question for you: for me, the error first appeared after I'd restarted my PC for the first time in several weeks. I should also point out that I have my PC set to never sleep or hibernate (due to an MS issue that causes it to shut down instead of sleep/hibernate).
Have you re-started your computer since you did the fix? Is that when the error came back? Or did it just start happening again?
It certainly would be nice if MS could figure this out. If there are more than two dozen complaints about the error here, you can be sure there are many more people putting up with the same issue.
I have now followed all instructions in this thread, resetting privacy options, uninstalling and then downloading the offline 365 installation with no change but now after doing the roll back, the error has gone.
Dear gbz gbz
I'd like to add some more information, may I ask if the Office update appeared when you reinstalled an older version of Office? If you can, we recommend that you try the reinstallation again and suspend the update immediately after the installation (click on File - Account - Product Information - Update Options - Stop Updates) and check the situation later.
Best Regards,
Tracy | Microsoft Community Support Specialist
Dear Tracy,
I tried applying your suggestion to RennieSchmid, to try and roll back to version 16.0.17328.20142, and I did get an update message immediately after the rollback. I clicked "yes". The download window said I can open Office during download and update. I opened one of my files, and the privacy issue message still appeared. But after installing the update and reopening files, this message did not show up. So I guess this suggestion works, at least for me.
Thank you!
Dear gbz gbz
I'd like to add some more information, may I ask if the Office update appeared when you reinstalled an older version of Office? If you can, we recommend that you try the reinstallation again and suspend the update immediately after the installation (click on File - Account - Product Information - Update Options - Stop Updates) and check the situation later.
Best Regards,
Tracy | Microsoft Community Support Specialist