You should see XLSTART folder (should be an empty folder or you may not see this) and.xlb or.xlsb file in this folder.

After using many years, recently we have noticed the cut function was greyed out in the right click context menu.

This was annoying, as you have to use keyboard shortcuts for cut and paste the cell content.

After playing around with multiple settings, we could fix the issue successfully.

If you are facing cut, copy, delete functions not working in Excel context menu, here are the options you should try.

However, you could also face issue with other options like copy, delete or insert.

For example, Indian income tax department offers a Macro enabled Excel utility for filing income tax returns.

This type of Excel workbooks restrict cut, copy and paste functions forcing you to type in each cell manually and validate based on the macro settings.

However, it seems these restrictions are applied in Windows registry or in other settings that continue to restrict cut, copy or insert options in entire Excel application.

Press Alt F11 to open Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications editor.

When you are in VBA editor, go to Insert Module menu to open a new module.

Simply closeleave the VBA editor and go back to your Excel workbook.

This should essentially resolve the problem and set the cells behavior to default.

However, if you feel difficult to run commands in VBA editor try this alternate option.

Right click on Options folder and rename it to any name like Optionsold.

Excel has many add-ins to enhance the functionalities and convert the files.

Hence, these types of add-ins can also potentially cause problem.

The best way to test the add-ins compatibility is to open Excel in safe mode that will disable all add-ins.

If you have Excel shortcuts in desktop or taskbar, hold control key and double click or click on it to open.

If yes, then the problem could be due to conflicting add-ins.

In order to find specific add-in that causes the trouble, you have to disable one by one by following the below instructions.

Click on Add-ins section and click on the dropdown against Manage option at the bottom.

After that, you can enable one by one to find which one is causing trouble.

Remember to replace the username with your username in the path.

Greyed Out Excel Spreadsheet