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Microsoft fixes broken copy and paste for Excel 2016 users - BleepingComputer
Publisher description: Microsoft has fixed a known issue that causes copy-and-paste failures for some Excel users after installing the September 2026 KB5002914 security update.
NewsAPI | Sep 18, 2026 | Sergiu Gatlan
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Microsoft has fixed a known issue that causes copy-and-paste failures for some Excel users after installing the September 2026 KB5002914 security update. "When this issue occurs, users receive no indication of the failure, such as a beep or error message. " However, while this bug affects Excel Online and Excel 2024, 2021, 2019, and 2016, Microsoft has released a fix that will only resolve these issues for Excel 2016 users. Microsoft added that the fix only addresses the bug in the Microsoft Installer (.
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