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How can I prevent Excel 2016 from automatically replacing Excel 2007?
The following problem has occurred twice in the last week, just out of the blue (i.e. no Windows update done at the time; I do those manually):
Excel 2016 is replacing Excel 2007. I am then directed to activate Excel 2016 to have its full functionality. However I have no intent of using or paying for Excel 2016 -- I want to continue using Excel 2007 even though it is no longer supported.
Oddly, Office 2007 no longer appears in my Add/Remove Programs list -- only Office 365 (which I guess must be Office 2016). And although Word 2007 still works, Outlook - which I use only archivally and is no longer connected to an email account - has been replaced by Office 2016.
After restoring my C: drive with a two-month old backup, all of my Office 2007 ran fine for a couple of days; then all of a sudden, without warning -- same thing. Excel 2007 and Office 2007 get replaced with Office 2016 programs. Oddly, even immediately after restoring my C: drive, Office 2007 is absent from Add/Remove programs; only Office 365 is there.
So my question is, how can I prevent Office 2016 from automatically replacing any of my Office 2007 programs? This is a real mess for me -- preventing me from working with my intellectual property and other records.