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
    2024-07-10T14:09:37+00:00

    This worked for me, but the fix lasted for less than 24 hours. Tried it again, and the cmd prompt won't recognize the "update version" command.

    Very annoying, to say the least.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-10T16:21:06+00:00

    This simply did not work for me. Two days and ten hours in without a fix. Something is rotten in Redmond.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-10T16:52:10+00:00

    Same thing happening with me!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-10T20:26:58+00:00

    I tried rolling back. Same issue. I then rolled forward again to the insider version. Same issue.
    I completely de-installed and re-installed...same issue.

    I have this issue on 3 different machines, one production version, one preview version and one beta.
    ALL have the issue.

    Back to you Microsoft. The ball is in your court.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-11T17:54:16+00:00

    Dear RennieSchmid

    We received a response from a user who was able to get back to normal after rolling back Office to version 16.0.17328.20142. We are currently testing this method, but we have received feedback from a user that it resolved the issue, so we suggest you try it.

    1. Close all Office software, search for "Command Prompt" (or "cmd") in the "Start Menu", and right-click the mouse and select "Run as administrator";
    2. In the command prompt enter the following code: cd %programfiles% \Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun, and then press Enter;
    3. And then enter: Officec2rclient.exe /update user updatetoversion=16.0.17328.20142

    17328.20142 is the internal version number of the version you want to install, you can also choose an earlier version. Please refer to this link for the specific version number:

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    Update history for Microsoft 365 Apps (listed by date) - Office release notes | Microsoft Learn (In English)

    We hope you find the above information helpful. Whether or not it works, please let us know by replying. Thank you for your understanding.

    Best Regards,

    Tracy | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

    It appears this method works, but only temporarily — the "restart required" message re-appears, often within a matter of hours, and definitely after the next time the computer is restarted.

    Is there any hope at all that MS will provide a fix for this, which seems to be a consequence of the most recent Win 11 update?

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