Microsoft Releases January 2020 Office Updates With Crash Fixes

Microsoft released the January 2020 non-security Microsoft Office updates that come with crash and memory leak fixes, as well as performance and stability improvements for Windows Installer (MSI) editions of Office 2016.

For instance, 2020's first series of Microsoft Office non-security updates fix an issue where Microsoft Visio would crash when opening .vsdx files from Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive, or a web location if the resource's URL contains an ampersand (&) character.

Once you install the Visio 2016 KB4484170 update, you will be able to load any URL again without the app crashing unexpectedly.

This month's updates also patches a memory leak issue affecting Outlook 2016 when toast notifications are enabled with the KB4484212 update.

December 2019 Office non-security updates

The updates released today by Microsoft can be downloaded via the Microsoft Update service or from the Download Center for manual installation.

None of the Microsoft Office updates issued today apply to Office subscription or Office 2016 Click-to-Run editions such as Microsoft Office 365 Home.

The list of updates and the Office product they apply to is available below.

Some updates may require a restart

Before installing the January 2020 non-security Microsoft Office updates, it is important to mention that you may also be required to restart your computer to complete the installation process.

If your Office installation starts misbehaving, you can uninstall the offending update following this step by step procedure:

1. Go to Start, enter View Installed Updates in the Search Windows box, and then press Enter.
2. In the list of updates, locate and select the offending update, and then select Uninstall.

Depending on the update, you might also have to install another update for the issue to be fully addressed or the improvement to be enabled on your Windows device, as is the case of the KB4484168 update that requires KB4484216 to also be installed.