Windows 10: OLE seems broken for Excel

Posting this in Windows because I don't think it's an Office problem... I think it's an OLE problem. I can't seem to correctly embed an excel object into Word or PowerPoint. This broke a couple of days ago - it just shows up as an Icon instead of a spreadsheet like it used to. When I edit documents that I previously embedded spreadsheets into Word describes it as an "Unknown Object" and won't allow me to edit or open it, only gives me the option to Convert it to an Unknown Object!. Anyway, it seems Windows forgot what an Excel Object is...

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OLE seems broken for Excel

Posting this in Windows because I don't think it's an Office problem... I think it's an OLE problem. I can't seem to correctly embed an excel object into Word or PowerPoint. This broke a couple of days ago - it just shows up as an Icon instead of a
spreadsheet like it used to. When I edit documents that I previously embedded spreadsheets into Word describes it as an "Unknown Object" and won't allow me to edit or open it, only gives me the option to Convert it (to an Unknown Object!). Anyway, it seems
Windows forgot what an Excel Object is...

 

Excel crashes while creating workbooks using OLE Automation when Microsoft Print to PDF is the default printer

Hello Graham,

To better assist you with crashing Excel when using OLE Automation concern, we would suggest you to re-post this query to
MSDN forums.

Regards.

 

how do i get rid of OLE Initialzation failed make sure that OLE libraries are the current version

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft community forums.



Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) is a proprietary technology developed by Microsoft that allows embedding and linking to documents and other objects. Before an application can use OLE system services, it must initialize the OLE system DLLs and verify
that the DLLs are the correct version. Make sure that the service Windows Modules Installer is running. To check if the service is running, please follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Open Run dialog (press Windows key + R).
   
2. Then type: Services.msc and click on
   Okay.
   
3. Then look for the service named Windows Modules Installer.
   
   

For more information, you can refer to: OLE Initialization. If you need
any further assistance, please write back with the following information:

1. When do you get the above error?
   
2. Is the issue specific to any application?
   
3. Which version of Windows 10 is installed on your device?
   
4. Are you aware of any recent changes that were made on your computer?
   

Regards,