Change in how Excel opens Text flies after applying MS08-014
 

Hello All,

End-user reports that prior to the MS08-014 update, he would open a text
file from Explorer using Open With Excel. Excel would open the file and
format such that all text was placed in a single column (over multiple rows).
This is the desired effect.

Now, after the update, when opening a text file using Open With Excel,
Excel formats the text file into multiple columns. It appears that the Text
Import Wizard is running (in the background, with no dialogs boxes appearing)
against the text file. This is NOT the desired behavior.

User says there are other users in his area who have not applied the updates
and their computers are not doing this and opening text files and formatting
the text as expected.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms08-014.mspx describes
MS08-014 as a critical update which modifies how Excel open files. The
Executive Summary, in part says: This security update addresses these
vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Microsoft Excel performs
validations when opening Excel files.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949029 in part describes known issues with
this update, but does not mention any changes that would produce this
problematic behavior.

Does anyone have any additional details about this patch or how it may have
triggered this behavior?

Thanks,

rich

Change in how Excel opens Text flies after applying MS08-014
 

Discussed in thread "Open Text Files in Excel, Changed Behavior", where that
security update was identified as the culprit (and its removal solved the
problem).
--
David Biddulph

"rich" wrote in message
...
Hello All,

End-user reports that prior to the MS08-014 update, he would open a text
file from Explorer using Open With Excel. Excel would open the file and
format such that all text was placed in a single column (over multiple
rows).
This is the desired effect.

Now, after the update, when opening a text file using Open With Excel,
Excel formats the text file into multiple columns. It appears that the
Text
Import Wizard is running (in the background, with no dialogs boxes
appearing)
against the text file. This is NOT the desired behavior.

User says there are other users in his area who have not applied the
updates
and their computers are not doing this and opening text files and
formatting
the text as expected.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms08-014.mspx
describes
MS08-014 as a critical update which modifies how Excel open files. The
Executive Summary, in part says: This security update addresses these
vulnerabilities by modifying the way that Microsoft Excel performs
validations when opening Excel files.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949029 in part describes known issues
with
this update, but does not mention any changes that would produce this
problematic behavior.

Does anyone have any additional details about this patch or how it may
have
triggered this behavior?

Thanks,

rich