There’s a variety of errors appearing on all applications, even first-party applications like Microsoft Excel, a part of the Office suite.

Microsoft Office apps interact with other apps through the OLE technology 🧩

  • Office apps send part of a document from one application to another using OLE.

  • Afterward, the data is imported back with more content.

  • If something goes wrong with the process, Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action error appears.

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The error we’re talking about is the infamous Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action.

When this specific error shows up on your display, you have some options for dealing with it.

🟢What is an OLE action in Excel?

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) action is a technology allowing Office apps to interact with other apps.

It allows an editing app to send part of a document to other apps and then it imports it or it takes it back with more content.

Why does the OLE error appear?

Sometimes the following error might be displayed on your screen if the required response doesn’t come fast enough: Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action.

How do I fix Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action?

The first solution is, of course, rebooting your machine and trying again. If the problem persists try the following workarounds:

  • Why does the OLE error appear?
  • How do I fix Microsoft Excel is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action?
    1. Enable the Ignore other applications that use DDE feature
    1. Disable add-ins
    1. Other methods for attaching the Excel Workbook

1. Enable the Ignore other applications that use DDE feature

Enabling the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) feature is likely to solve the error. You can easily turn on this feature through Excel’s built-in settings.

  1. Launch Microsoft Excel.

  2. Open a sheet.

  3. Navigate to the File menu.

  4. Click on Options.

  5. Go to the Advanced tab.

  6. Scroll down to the General area.

  7. Check the Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) option.

  8. Restart Excel.

2. Disable add-ins

  • Open the Excel sheet
  • Go to the File menu
  • Click on Options
  • Click on Add-ins
  • Select Excel add-ins and click on the Go button
  • Uncheck all boxes and click OK

3. Other methods for attaching the Excel Workbook

Using Excel’s “Send Using Email” option could lead to the error mentioned above.

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You can send your workbook by attaching it as a file to an email in Outlook or Hotmail, for instance. You can use any email app to solve the issue.

With that said, we can wrap it up. Tell us in the comments section below if you’ve managed to resolve the error with the aforementioned steps.

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