Resolving Freezing Panes in Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is the go-to software for many professionals when it comes to creating tables, charts, and formulas.
However, sometimes, Excel freezes, and it does so for several users.
Here is a list of a few issues that might cause this freeze:
* Freezing on startup, opening, closing – This is usually caused by corrupt Excel files. * Excel freezes when opening, closing, saving – This is usually caused by bad hardware. * Excel freezes when scrolling, updating – This is usually caused by bad hardware, bad drivers, and corrupted files. * Excel freezes when changing cells – This is usually caused by corrupt files. * Freezing with charts – This is usually caused by bad hardware, bad drivers, and corrupted files.

• Freezing Panes in Microsoft Excel can be caused by problematic drivers or third-party software.
• To fix it, go to File → Options → Advanced → Display → Panes.

Turn off hardware acceleration

1. Press the Windows Key + I, go to System, and switch to the Advanced tab.
2. Locate the Use hardware acceleration when available option, and uncheck it.
   

Use Compatibility Mode

1. In the Search bar, type Control Panel, and open Control Panel
2. Go to System and Maintenance
   
3. Click on Compatibility
4. Check Run this program in compatibility mode for and select Microsoft Excel from the list of applications

Use a registry file

1. Press Windows + R to open the Run command, type regedit in the text field, and click on the OK button.
2. In the Registry Editor window, go to the following path:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice15.0ExcelSecurity
3. Right-click on “Security” and select New > Key.
   
4. Name the new key as “Trusted Locations”.
5. Once the key is created, right-click on it and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
6. Name the new value as “DisableAllTrustedLocations”, and set the value to 1.
7. Close the Registry Editor window.