

Select Microsoft Office Suite, and double-click it.Open Control Panel, and click the Uninstall Program.Otherwise, errors may occur when you are opening Excel documents, for instance. However, if this doesn’t work, you can also update it manually. Microsoft Office is normally updated automatically. Go to Product Information, and select Update Options.That’s why you can always disable it and continue your daily work. However, in the product environment, this Protected View in Excel is also very annoying when it is done from the central data server (NAS). This is very useful for unknown sources (via email).

When the Excel files are opened from a network drive (used with SMB directories of Synology and QNAP NAS devices), they are opened in protected view. Disable the Enabled Protected View for files originating from the Internet option.

