Verifying Microsoft Apps going on and on and on....

I really appreciate you responding to my rant. But the two problems are really malignant. The verification occurs with every MS app when opened. Every time. And the verification "process" can last 5 minutes. For me, at least, it is a very big issue and a significant waste of time. The notification badge for entering my email account is equally maddening. It shoots up into the upper right corner and blocks search fields and my hard drive image. it appears impossible to get rid of. I have tried many solutions posted on this community board and am truly amazed at the absence of any working solution to these extreme annoyances. I have been able to fix many issues from the solutions provided here. These two Microsoft issues are increasingly appearing unfixable.

Thanks for your input. I tried control-click on each of the office apps to open them several times. The situation is unchanged, and the verification process continues relentlessly, while the app icon bounces away in the dock. I do not get any of the other dialogs that you mentioned.

Viking OSX - you have definitely earned your Level 10 and beyond. I hope Apple pays you for your work. The Safe Boot was the ticket! Amazing! I suspect that I'll need to do that after every Microsoft update, but that's a small price to pay. The Apps did not verify in Safe Boot mode, and now in full boot, the verification windows are.....still absent. Thank you very much for your wisdom and this beyond helpful and time-saving advice. I am cautiously optimistic that this simple fix has now also eliminated the regular, intrusive Exchange notifications to enter my mail password.

Thank you VikingOSX; I'll give this my best shot.