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Current version of Windows and Access can easily export to xls, even to Excel 95.<br />
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So your issue may be related to something else.<br />
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/gustav
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Current version of Windows and Access can easily export to xls, even to Excel 95.

So your issue may be related to something else.

/gustav

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I have an old Access application that exports .xls spreadsheets. &nbsp;A recent Windows update breaks this ability. &nbsp;I have been told the offending updates are KB4041681 and KB4041678 for Win7 and KB4041676 &nbsp;for Win10 and they can be uninstalled to fix this problem. &nbsp;I have a Win7 machine and I can't find these KB's in the update history. &nbsp;How can I determine the problem update and uninstall it?
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I have an old Access application that exports .xls spreadsheets.  A recent Windows update breaks this ability.  I have been told the offending updates are KB4041681 and KB4041678 for Win7 and KB4041676  for Win10 and they can be uninstalled to fix this problem.  I have a Win7 machine and I can't find these KB's in the update history.  How can I determine the problem update and uninstall it?

Windows Update Breaks Access xls Creation

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