excel 2021

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Discussions tagged with excel 2021 on WindowsForum.com cover troubleshooting issues specific to Microsoft Excel 2021. A recurring theme involves application-level blockers that interfere with Excel's normal operation, such as preventing the use of the "@" symbol or drag-and-drop functionality. Users report that these blockers can cause Excel 2021 to freeze, particularly when the user is logged in locally on the console, while remote desktop (RDP) sessions remain unaffected. The community explores potential causes and workarounds, including testing without the blocker to isolate the problem. These threads are relevant for IT professionals and power users managing Excel 2021 in enterprise environments with strict security or data loss prevention policies.
  1. Excel 2021 freezes when "@" or "drag-drop" blocker is used, but only on local console login, not via rdp

    Hi, we're running an application which blocks the use of "@" and drag and drop of characters. This works perfectly fine on most systems, but some machines experience freezing of excel in case a user is locally logged in. None of this happens when logged in via rdp on that same machine. Any...