Since the last Microsoft updates some people have errors in Excel 2013 when using ActiveX Com-AddIns like buttons or dropdown menus. If  you click on this objects nothing happens.

The fix for it is very simple:

Close all running MS Office applications and delete the following folders in the user profile:

C:\Users\[PersID]\AppData\Local\Temp\Excel8.0

C:\Users\[PersID]\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE

C:\Users\[PersID]\AppData\Local\Temp\Word8.0

You can easily use my script to make it in one step.

Create an empty textfile

  • copy the script in it and rename the file ending to [filename].bat
  • Copy the file on the Windows computer with the error and DoubleClick the file.
[code language="text"]
@echo off
IF EXIST "C:\Users\" (
for /D %%x in ("C:\Users\*") do (
rmdir /s /q "%%x\AppData\Local\Temp\Excel8.0"
)
)

IF EXIST "C:\Users\" (
for /D %%x in ("C:\Users\*") do (
rmdir /s /q "%%x\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE"
)
)

IF EXIST "C:\Users\" (
for /D %%x in ("C:\Users\*") do (
rmdir /s /q "%%x\AppData\Local\Temp\Word8.0"
)
)
[/code]