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
    2024-07-07T08:32:26+00:00

    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.

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

    Hello,

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

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-08T01:34:23+00:00

    Okay, once I realized that I should not include the comma at the end of the suggested line of code when entering it in the command prompt, I was able to try this method.

    It worked...the persisting Office 365 "restart to apply changes to privacy settings" message has disappeared.

    Very much appreciate the help, but geez, for the amount we pay for this software, it'd be nice if MS just developed and sent a fix instead of expecting users to trial and error until something works.

    thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-09T04:18:20+00:00

    Worked till today, now it's back AGAIN! You would think by now Microsoft would have figured it out and fixed the problem.
    Maybe time to find different software that performs much better!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-09T08:20:02+00:00

    aghhhhh - same for me , error has returned :(

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