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Windows Explorer opens in the Temporary folder > Press Ctrl+A to select all the contents and Delete.
Note: If there are any files in use, skip them.
Method 2:
Try Working in Excel safe and check if it helps. To know how to start Excel in Safe mode, follow the steps below.
Hold the windows key + Letter ‘R’ from the keyboard to launch the Run command > Copy and paste the following command line in the open box and click Ok.
Excel /safe
If Excel safe works as expected, disable the add-ins as suggested below:
If the spreadsheets are not created on this machine (downloaded or transferred from another machine), try the following steps and check if it helps:
Repair the Office suite as suggested in the following link and check if it helps:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repair-office-programs-HA010357402.aspx