October 4, 2016, update for Excel 2016 (KB3118373)

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Known issue

This update is no longer available now. After you install this update KB3118373, you receive the following error message:

Microsoft Excel has stopped working.

See KB3198535 for more information.

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Summary

This article describes update KB3118373 for Microsoft Excel 2016, which was released on October 4, 2016. This update has a prerequisite.

Be aware that the update on the Microsoft Download Center applies to the Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2016. It doesn't apply to the Office 2016 Click-to-Run editions, such as Microsoft Office 365 Home. (How to determine?)

Improvements and fixes

This update enables Office collaboration synchronization integration to have the latest version of OneDrive for Business. It also enables coauthoring for Office documents that are synchronized by OneDrive in a reliable and high-performance manner. This update lets you use Office with the latest version of OneDrive for Business to enable a great of online and offline user experiences for all files that are synchronized.

Some significant user experiences include the following:
- Quick open of OneDrive synchronized files from anywhere (file explorer, most recently used, or websites). This results in Office applications opening the correct file and keeping all changes in synchronization.
- Rich collaboration and sharing experiences.
- Offline edits of synchronized files.
- Auto synchronization of the changes to the cloud and as soon as you are online.
To take advantage of Office collaboration synchronization integration, the following updates must also be installed:
Fixes the following issues:
- Assume that you have a conditional formatting that uses a VBA user-defined function to evaluate its condition. If there are multiple visible windows in Excel 2016, the conditional formatting stops working.
- Conditional formatting rules don't work in .xls files in Excel 2016.

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Update information

Prerequisite

To apply this update, you must have Microsoft Excel 2016 installed.

Restart information

You may have to restart the computer after you install this update.

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More Information

To determine whether your Office installation is Click-to-Run or MSI-based, follow these steps:

Start an Office 2016 application.
On the File menu, select Account.
For Office 2016 Click-to-Run installations, an Update Options item is displayed. For MSI-based installations, the Update Options item isn't displayed.

Office 2016 Click-to-Run installation	MSI-based Office 2016

How to uninstall this update

Windows 10

Go to Start, enter View Installed Updates in the Search Windows box, and then press Enter.
In the list of updates, locate and select KB3118373, and then select Uninstall.

Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then select Search. If you're using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then select Search.
Enter windows update, select Windows Update, and then select Installed Updates.
In the list of updates, locate and select KB3118373, and then select Uninstall.

Windows 7

Go to Start, enter Run, and then select Run.
Enter Appwiz.cpl, and then select OK.
Select View installed updates.
In the list of updates, locate and select KB3118373, and then select Uninstall.

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