Export HTML Table to Excel- Doesn't Open in Office 2010

Question

I am using the following Javascript code to generate an excel on the fly, which converts HTML table to a spreadsheet.

The excel file does not open in Office 2010, sh

Answer 1

Microsoft patched Excel on Aug 9 to restore the original functionality. Scroll to post on Aug 9 in this thread for more info: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d2d84793-9920-45e3-baef-5027a4ac1ae0/kb3170008-for-office-2016-breaks-functionality-ms16088?forum=officeitpro

Updating Excel fixed the problem for me.