ScreenUpdating = False fails in Excel 2013 and 2016

Question

Long-running, high-end Excel-based applications that I developed years ago and that run beautifully in Excel 2007 and 2010 look like Amateur Hour in Excel 2013 and 2016 beca

Answer 1

Here is a technique that helps reduce flickering and preserves the StatusBar message.

Application.Cursor = xlWait
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
. . .
Set wkbNewBook = Workbooks.Add
ThisWorkbook.Windows(1).Visible = False
. . .
ThisWorkbook.Windows(1).Visible = True
wkbNewBook.Activate
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.Cursor = xlDefault