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Windows 10 Upgrade 5/14/18 Trashes Excel

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Windows 10 asked to do an extensive upgrade this morning and I agreed.  About one hour later it was done.  During the day using Chrome browser I had no issues.  However I lost over an hour of work in PagePlus X9 inexplicably.   I then tried to use an open Excel spreadsheet and it locked up multiple times.  Reloaded sheet from a backup thinking it was a corrupt file and the backup copy locked up. Google the issue and saw many complaints of Excel locking up after a Windows 10 upgrade.  I looked at several of the Microsoft "Fixes" and they were grossly complicated.  

 What was EASY?

 Downloading LibreOffice.   I researched free Office alternatives and it was widely complimented.  It opened the Excel file, I was able to edit it and then to save and re-open it.  

 So thank you LibreOffice!  If it runs well for a month, I will return and make the requested donation. 


Microsoft, 
what are you thinking?  
  

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