CSRepton wrote:Reset user profile again, it did ask for name - no change
Good - we can rule that out. You are only asked for your name if the profile is replaced.
I find it difficult to understand how a Windows update could cause what you describe. Recapping, I think the situation is:
1. Calc runs OK on small files
2. When opening more than one large 900 kB files Calc
first stops responding and then,
without any user interaction, Calc
crashes and the Calc window disappears.
But when those same large files are copied to another PC they open OK. The crashing happened after a W10 update but that may be circumstantial.
3. Calc opens my 834 kB file without a problem.
4. Backing out the last W10 update prevents the crashes and Calc now opens the files which previously caused it to crash.
5. You have not tried running the PC in Safe Mode.
I suspect this could be
an incompletely installed W10 update especially as the error message has now changed. I also wonder if the file has an error in it causing it to loop.
Question You have ignored both requests to upload the file for it to be examined. Is there a reason why? Please upload the file so it can be analysed.
Actions - follow precisely and in sequence.
1 Reboot the PC and be absolutely certain it is not half way through an update. When you are absolutely certain all the updates have been installed (do another reboot to check) test Calc with a file known to cause the problem. If it still fails ...
2. Boot the PC into Safe Mode - see
7 ways to boot into Safe Mode in Windows 10. Test Calc with the same file. If it still fails ...
3. Back out the last W10 updates. Test Calc with the same file. If it still fails ...
4. Boot the PC into Safe Mode. Test Calc with the same file.
What happened at each step 1, 2, 3 and 4?
Another thought. Go Tools > Options > OpenOffice > Java. Does it show this? The
Program Files (x86) is important - AOO uses 32 bit Java even on a 64 bit machine. I needed to submit my cookie preferences (presumably as a result of the new European GDPR law) to java.com before update would work. v1.8.0_81 installed OK but I got an error message on starting AOO and I had to select the radio button in Tools > Options > OpenOffice > Java. That has never happened before. See
[Solved] Problems installing latest Java update on WindowsAnother "another thought". If the W10 update really is causing it, does it affect any other applications with large files? Have you any you could try? I Googled but there are no significant reports - if a W10 update was at fault I would have expected to see hundreds of posts about it.