Did the "repair" option (or any other option) work for anyone running on a recently (2018) purchased PC with pre-installed Office 2016 H&B running on Windows 10 Pro ??? Because this did not work for me.

Btw - after speaking with Dwaine, it appears the real "resolution" for him was after he installed an older Office 2013 product in addition to the pre-installed Office 2016. Now Excel Direct launches Excel 2013, while the Office 2016 products continue to work otherwise.

While that might be a viable workaround in many cases, can Softrak please indicate if you feel that this "pre-installed Office 2016" Excel Direct Issue is something you think will be resolved and in what sort of time frame ?

Regards, Pete