Microsoft fixed Excel 2016 copy-paste bug. Then reintroduced it. Now it's fixed again
All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again. Maybe
Microsoft has fixed an Excel 2016 copy-paste bug, only to reintroduce it. The issue first appeared in the September update and affected multiple versions of Excel by silently failing to paste content. Microsoft resolved the problem in mid-September, but the bug resurfaced when users installed October's security update. To address this reintroduction, Microsoft released a new build of Excel 2016 (build 16.0.5574.1006) that includes all security updates and fixes the issue.
The bug was reportedly reintroduced in the KB5002934 update, which is a security update that also resolves other glitches such as remote code execution and information disclosure vulnerabilities. Users found that rolling back the update resolved the problem temporarily until Windows Update pushed the patch again. Microsoft did not explain how the bug slipped back in.
Users on Microsoft's Excel forum noted that the issue had appeared on workstations throughout their organization, expressing frustration at the recurrence of a previously fixed problem.
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