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Paste Broken After September 2026 Update<\/h1>\n <p class=\"lead\">Microsoft update KB5002914 (released September 9, 2026) breaks standard paste in Excel 2016. Only Paste Special \u2192 Values continues to work. Office 2016 is end-of-life and will not receive an official fix.<\/p>\n <\/header>\n <div class=\"info-grid\">\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Date Identified<\/label><span>September 9, 2026<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Affected Update<\/label><span class=\"accent\">KB5002914<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Affected Version<\/label><span class=\"accent\">16.0.5569.1003<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Scope<\/label><span>Excel 2016 only<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Official Fix<\/label><span class=\"danger\">None (EOL)<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Workaround<\/label><span style=\"color:var(--ok)\">Available<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-label\">Symptoms<\/div>\n <ul class=\"symptom-list\">\n <li><svg class=\"sym-icon sym-fail\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M8 1a7 7 0 1 0 0 14A7 7 0 0 0 8 1zm2.78 4.78a.75.75 0 0 1 0 1.06L9.06 8l1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06 1.06L8 9.06l-1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06-1.06L6.94 8 5.22 6.28a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06-1.06L8 6.94l1.72-1.72a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06 0z\"\/><\/svg><span><strong>Ctrl+C<\/strong> appears to work \u2014 marching ants border appears \u2014 but <strong>Ctrl+V does nothing<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><svg class=\"sym-icon sym-fail\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M8 1a7 7 0 1 0 0 14A7 7 0 0 0 8 1zm2.78 4.78a.75.75 0 0 1 0 1.06L9.06 8l1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06 1.06L8 9.06l-1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06-1.06L6.94 8 5.22 6.28a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06-1.06L8 6.94l1.72-1.72a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06 0z\"\/><\/svg><span><strong>Right-click \u2192 Paste<\/strong> also fails \u2014 the menu option is present but does nothing<\/span><\/li>\n <li><svg class=\"sym-icon sym-fail\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M8 1a7 7 0 1 0 0 14A7 7 0 0 0 8 1zm2.78 4.78a.75.75 0 0 1 0 1.06L9.06 8l1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06 1.06L8 9.06l-1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06-1.06L6.94 8 5.22 6.28a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06-1.06L8 6.94l1.72-1.72a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06 0z\"\/><\/svg><span>Standard paste fails even on a <strong>fresh blank workbook<\/strong> \u2014 not file-specific<\/span><\/li>\n <li><svg class=\"sym-icon sym-pass\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M8 1a7 7 0 1 0 0 14A7 7 0 0 0 8 1zm3.28 5.28-4 4a.75.75 0 0 1-1.06 0l-2-2a.75.75 0 1 1 1.06-1.06L6.75 8.69l3.47-3.47a.75.75 0 1 1 1.06 1.06z\"\/><\/svg><span><strong>Paste Special \u2192 Values<\/strong> works correctly as a temporary workaround<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-label\">Root Cause<\/div>\n <p>Update <strong>KB5002914<\/strong> modifies how Excel 2016 handles its internal rich clipboard format (Biff\/XLSX on clipboard). The standard Paste command relies on this format; Paste Special bypasses it by reading plain text directly from the Windows clipboard. Since Office 2016 reached end-of-life on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will not release a patch.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-label\">Resolution<\/div>\n <h2>Uninstall KB5002914<\/h2>\n <p>Determine your Office installation type first \u2014 the uninstall method differs.<\/p>\n <div class=\"alert alert-info\" style=\"margin-bottom:20px;\"><strong>How to check:<\/strong> Open Excel \u2192 File \u2192 Account \u2192 About Excel. If the version block says “Click-to-Run”, use that tab below. No label means MSI.<\/div>\n <div class=\"tabs\">\n <div class=\"tab-buttons\">\n <button class=\"tab-btn active\" onclick=\"switchTab(this,'msi')\">MSI Installation<\/button>\n <button class=\"tab-btn\" onclick=\"switchTab(this,'c2r')\">Click-to-Run<\/button>\n <\/div>\n <div id=\"tab-msi\" class=\"tab-pane active\">\n <div class=\"steps\">\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">1<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Open Installed Updates<\/h3><p>Navigate to Control Panel \u2192 Programs \u2192 View installed updates<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">2<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Find and uninstall KB5002914<\/h3><p>Search for <strong>KB5002914<\/strong> in the search box. Right-click \u2192 Uninstall. Restart when prompted.<\/p><div class=\"alert alert-warn\"><strong>No uninstall button?<\/strong> Run this command as Administrator instead:<\/div><div class=\"code-block\"><div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">CMD \u2014 Run as Administrator<\/span><\/div><pre>wusa \/uninstall \/kb:5002914 \/quiet \/norestart<\/pre><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">3<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Block the update from reinstalling<\/h3><p>Download and run Microsoft’s “Show or Hide Updates” tool, then hide KB5002914.<\/p><div class=\"code-block\"><div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">PowerShell \u2014 verify removal<\/span><\/div><pre>Get-HotFix | Where-Object {$_.HotFixID -eq \"KB5002914\"}<\/pre><\/div><p style=\"margin-top:8px;font-size:13px;\">No output = successfully removed. Restart Excel and test paste.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div id=\"tab-c2r\" class=\"tab-pane\">\n <div class=\"steps\">\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">1<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Confirm the affected build<\/h3><p>File \u2192 Account \u2192 About Excel should show version <strong>16.0.5569.1003<\/strong>. Click-to-Run cannot uninstall individual updates \u2014 you must roll back the entire Office version.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">2<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Roll back to the previous build<\/h3><p>Close all Office applications, then run from an elevated Command Prompt:<\/p><div class=\"code-block\"><div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">CMD \u2014 Run as Administrator<\/span><\/div><pre><span class=\"cm\">rem Navigate to the Click-to-Run client folder<\/span>\ncd \"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\ClickToRun\"\n\n<span class=\"cm\">rem Roll back to build 16.0.5563.1000 (pre-September 9)<\/span>\nOfficeC2RClient.exe \/update user updatetoversion=<span class=\"st\">16.0.5563.1000<\/span><\/pre><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">3<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Freeze automatic updates<\/h3><p>To prevent Office from updating itself back to the broken build:<\/p><div class=\"code-block\"><div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">CMD \u2014 Run as Administrator<\/span><\/div><pre>OfficeC2RClient.exe \/blockuninstall<\/pre><\/div><p style=\"margin-top:8px;font-size:13px;\">Or disable automatic updates via File \u2192 Account \u2192 Update Options \u2192 Disable Updates.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <hr>\n <div class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-label\">Temporary Workaround<\/div>\n <div class=\"workaround\">\n <h3>Use Paste Special \u2192 Values while the fix is applied<\/h3>\n <p style=\"margin-top:8px;color:var(--muted);font-size:14px;\">Instead of <kbd>Ctrl<\/kbd>+<kbd>V<\/kbd>, use:<\/p>\n <p style=\"margin-top:12px;\"><span class=\"key-combo\"><kbd>Ctrl<\/kbd> + <kbd>Alt<\/kbd> + <kbd>V<\/kbd><\/span> \u2192 select <strong>Values<\/strong> \u2192 OK<\/p>\n <p style=\"margin-top:12px;color:var(--muted);font-size:13.5px;\">Or right-click the destination cell \u2192 Paste Special \u2192 Values.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-label\">Long-Term Recommendation<\/div>\n <div class=\"upgrade-box\">\n <div class=\"upgrade-icon\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/div>\n <div>\n <h3>Office 2016 is fully end-of-life<\/h3>\n <p>Microsoft ended all support for Office 2016 on October 14, 2025. 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class=\"lead\">Microsoft update KB5002914 (released September 9, 2026) breaks standard paste in Excel 2016. Only Paste Special \u2192 Values continues to work. Office 2016 is end-of-life and will not receive an official fix.<\/p>\n <\/header>\n <div class=\"info-grid\">\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Date Identified<\/label><span>September 9, 2026<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Affected Update<\/label><span class=\"accent\">KB5002914<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Affected Version<\/label><span class=\"accent\">16.0.5569.1003<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Scope<\/label><span>Excel 2016 only<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Official Fix<\/label><span class=\"danger\">None (EOL)<\/span><\/div>\n <div class=\"info-cell\"><label>Workaround<\/label><span style=\"color:var(--ok)\">Available<\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-label\">Symptoms<\/div>\n <ul class=\"symptom-list\">\n <li><svg class=\"sym-icon sym-fail\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M8 1a7 7 0 1 0 0 14A7 7 0 0 0 8 1zm2.78 4.78a.75.75 0 0 1 0 1.06L9.06 8l1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06 1.06L8 9.06l-1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06-1.06L6.94 8 5.22 6.28a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06-1.06L8 6.94l1.72-1.72a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06 0z\"\/><\/svg><span><strong>Ctrl+C<\/strong> appears to work \u2014 marching ants border appears \u2014 but <strong>Ctrl+V does nothing<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n <li><svg class=\"sym-icon sym-fail\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M8 1a7 7 0 1 0 0 14A7 7 0 0 0 8 1zm2.78 4.78a.75.75 0 0 1 0 1.06L9.06 8l1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06 1.06L8 9.06l-1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06-1.06L6.94 8 5.22 6.28a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06-1.06L8 6.94l1.72-1.72a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06 0z\"\/><\/svg><span><strong>Right-click \u2192 Paste<\/strong> also fails \u2014 the menu option is present but does nothing<\/span><\/li>\n <li><svg class=\"sym-icon sym-fail\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M8 1a7 7 0 1 0 0 14A7 7 0 0 0 8 1zm2.78 4.78a.75.75 0 0 1 0 1.06L9.06 8l1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06 1.06L8 9.06l-1.72 1.72a.75.75 0 1 1-1.06-1.06L6.94 8 5.22 6.28a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06-1.06L8 6.94l1.72-1.72a.75.75 0 0 1 1.06 0z\"\/><\/svg><span>Standard paste fails even on a <strong>fresh blank workbook<\/strong> \u2014 not file-specific<\/span><\/li>\n <li><svg class=\"sym-icon sym-pass\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M8 1a7 7 0 1 0 0 14A7 7 0 0 0 8 1zm3.28 5.28-4 4a.75.75 0 0 1-1.06 0l-2-2a.75.75 0 1 1 1.06-1.06L6.75 8.69l3.47-3.47a.75.75 0 1 1 1.06 1.06z\"\/><\/svg><span><strong>Paste Special \u2192 Values<\/strong> works correctly as a temporary workaround<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-label\">Root Cause<\/div>\n <p>Update <strong>KB5002914<\/strong> modifies how Excel 2016 handles its internal rich clipboard format (Biff\/XLSX on clipboard). The standard Paste command relies on this format; Paste Special bypasses it by reading plain text directly from the Windows clipboard. Since Office 2016 reached end-of-life on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will not release a patch.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-label\">Resolution<\/div>\n <h2>Uninstall KB5002914<\/h2>\n <p>Determine your Office installation type first \u2014 the uninstall method differs.<\/p>\n <div class=\"alert alert-info\" style=\"margin-bottom:20px;\"><strong>How to check:<\/strong> Open Excel \u2192 File \u2192 Account \u2192 About Excel. If the version block says “Click-to-Run”, use that tab below. No label means MSI.<\/div>\n <div class=\"tabs\">\n <div class=\"tab-buttons\">\n <button class=\"tab-btn active\" onclick=\"switchTab(this,'msi')\">MSI Installation<\/button>\n <button class=\"tab-btn\" onclick=\"switchTab(this,'c2r')\">Click-to-Run<\/button>\n <\/div>\n <div id=\"tab-msi\" class=\"tab-pane active\">\n <div class=\"steps\">\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">1<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Open Installed Updates<\/h3><p>Navigate to Control Panel \u2192 Programs \u2192 View installed updates<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">2<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Find and uninstall KB5002914<\/h3><p>Search for <strong>KB5002914<\/strong> in the search box. Right-click \u2192 Uninstall. Restart when prompted.<\/p><div class=\"alert alert-warn\"><strong>No uninstall button?<\/strong> Run this command as Administrator instead:<\/div><div class=\"code-block\"><div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">CMD \u2014 Run as Administrator<\/span><\/div><pre>wusa \/uninstall \/kb:5002914 \/quiet \/norestart<\/pre><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">3<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Block the update from reinstalling<\/h3><p>Download and run Microsoft’s “Show or Hide Updates” tool, then hide KB5002914.<\/p><div class=\"code-block\"><div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">PowerShell \u2014 verify removal<\/span><\/div><pre>Get-HotFix | Where-Object {$_.HotFixID -eq \"KB5002914\"}<\/pre><\/div><p style=\"margin-top:8px;font-size:13px;\">No output = successfully removed. Restart Excel and test paste.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div id=\"tab-c2r\" class=\"tab-pane\">\n <div class=\"steps\">\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">1<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Confirm the affected build<\/h3><p>File \u2192 Account \u2192 About Excel should show version <strong>16.0.5569.1003<\/strong>. Click-to-Run cannot uninstall individual updates \u2014 you must roll back the entire Office version.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">2<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Roll back to the previous build<\/h3><p>Close all Office applications, then run from an elevated Command Prompt:<\/p><div class=\"code-block\"><div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">CMD \u2014 Run as Administrator<\/span><\/div><pre><span class=\"cm\">rem Navigate to the Click-to-Run client folder<\/span>\ncd \"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\ClickToRun\"\n\n<span class=\"cm\">rem Roll back to build 16.0.5563.1000 (pre-September 9)<\/span>\nOfficeC2RClient.exe \/update user updatetoversion=<span class=\"st\">16.0.5563.1000<\/span><\/pre><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n <div class=\"step\"><div class=\"step-num\">3<\/div><div class=\"step-body\"><h3>Freeze automatic updates<\/h3><p>To prevent Office from updating itself back to the broken build:<\/p><div class=\"code-block\"><div class=\"code-header\"><span class=\"code-lang\">CMD \u2014 Run as Administrator<\/span><\/div><pre>OfficeC2RClient.exe \/blockuninstall<\/pre><\/div><p style=\"margin-top:8px;font-size:13px;\">Or disable automatic updates via File \u2192 Account \u2192 Update Options \u2192 Disable Updates.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <hr>\n <div class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-label\">Temporary Workaround<\/div>\n <div class=\"workaround\">\n <h3>Use Paste Special \u2192 Values while the fix is applied<\/h3>\n <p style=\"margin-top:8px;color:var(--muted);font-size:14px;\">Instead of <kbd>Ctrl<\/kbd>+<kbd>V<\/kbd>, use:<\/p>\n <p style=\"margin-top:12px;\"><span class=\"key-combo\"><kbd>Ctrl<\/kbd> + <kbd>Alt<\/kbd> + <kbd>V<\/kbd><\/span> \u2192 select <strong>Values<\/strong> \u2192 OK<\/p>\n <p style=\"margin-top:12px;color:var(--muted);font-size:13.5px;\">Or right-click the destination cell \u2192 Paste Special \u2192 Values.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"section\">\n <div class=\"section-label\">Long-Term Recommendation<\/div>\n <div class=\"upgrade-box\">\n <div class=\"upgrade-icon\">\u26a0\ufe0f<\/div>\n <div>\n <h3>Office 2016 is fully end-of-life<\/h3>\n <p>Microsoft ended all support for Office 2016 on October 14, 2025. 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