Right Click "Open A Copy" Option Gone

[712059]

Win 7 Office 2016 Version 1710

How do you restore the "Open A Copy" option to the right click menu? Its no longer in my right click menu and and pressing N also doesn't work.

It was working fine this morning. Excel didn't crash. Also noticed its gone from Word also.

Thank you

 

[712059]

Ran a scan

1 cached credentials
1 profilt type = local
7 %1 registry keys. But I don't have File Not Found problems

 

[mole999]

I have heard reports that 2016 doesn't allow two instances of the application to operate, the files opening in the same program. I don't have direct experience of that.
This has been looked at over 100 times with no answer, so I'm pretty sure bumping won't improve the information. Email to the Excel development team at MS and raise a bug report

 

[wwv47158]

Did you try online Repair? Did that fix it?

I tried online repair. Unfortunately, it didn't change anything.
Screen: https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ai-ERBbQr4N6h3LP63EP2gRdGC5G

 

[wwv47158]

> https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=36852

thank you, MS Analyzer Tool picked up only Outlook issue with opening links (something about policy that blocks opening links in emails).

 

[712059]

I've now been told that this is a known issue and the only thing we can do is wait for MS to fix it

 

[712059]

MS stupidly & intentionally removed it
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/-/-/76a5f1a4-2c8d-43ad-8916-4739e51af29d
http://word.uservoice.com/forums/304924/suggestions/32578621

 

[mole999]

Thank you for coming back and posting the answer

 

[712059]

Just noticed they brought it back! 2016 Version 1802 Build 99029.2253

 

[mole999]

wow an MS fix