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Thanks a million for the time you've taken to read this! This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. One of the products of Microsoft Office like Word, Excel etc. The symptom can be due to deletion of any Office application file by the anti-virus or during a program crash. Go To Control Panel 2. View by Small Items. Double-click on Programs and Features.
Select Microsoft Office that window. Then you will see a Change lable option at the top. Click it. Office starts to repair itself automatically. Sometimes, even the repair functionality may not work properly.
Then the solution is to start your Windows in clean boot mode. Then check if you can work with Office applications. The System Configuration window will open. This will load only basic devices and services only.
Click Apply and restart your PC. Now if Office applications are working properly, then the problem is with one of the non-Microsoft services.
There can be other cases of Office not working in Windows It can show up some error code like This can crash the Outlook, Word etc window, Windows 10 may run slowly and response to mouse or keyboar is also sluggish, PC may freeze from time to time etc. The error dialog box can also appear when you are installing Windows 10 also. Corrupt installation file of Office software. Registry items of Office may get corrupted due to a change like uninstall or install. Trojans, malware, virus may have infected your PC and corrupted your Office files.
Another Windows 10 program might have deleted some of the Office files. Using older version of cleaning utility like CCleaner to clean unused registry items might have removed some wanted registry entries. The solution to this error code is to repair the corrupt registry entries associated with the error Then you find the items causing the error and repair them.
You can also do a full anti-virus scan, update PC drivers, install recent Office updates, clean out system junk using the Disk cleanup functionality provided in Windows. In another case, Office click-to-run application like Word may crash multiple times when you try to start it and shows the following dialog box.
For this kind of error, you can use the same approach mentioned in the first case. You can open Control Panel and find the Office application in the available list of programs. Then you can try the repair functionality available with it.
When you try to re-install Office due to some reason, there may be a chance of some left-over registry entries which may hinder the progress of installation. You may get the following error during the installation phase —. Error The solution to this type of error is to clean the registry before you re-install Office and then restart the PC.
Then try to install Office. Even if you try the SFC scan command you may get an error like.
The steps to access the repair tool vary depending on your operating system. Choose from the drop-down list below. Right-click the Start button lower-left corner , and select Apps and Features on the pop-up menu. Select the Microsoft Office product you want to repair, and select Modify. Note: This will repair the entire Office suite even if it's just one application you want to repair such as Word or Excel.
If you have a standalone app installed, then search for that application by name. Depending if your copy of Office is Click-to-run or MSI-based install, you'll see the following options to proceed with the repair. Follow the steps for your installation type.
The faster Quick Repair option is also available, but it only detects and then replaces corrupted files. In Change your installation , select Repair and then click Continue. Right-click the Start button lower-left corner , and select Control Panel from the pop-up menu.
From Category view, under Programs , select Uninstall a program. Right-click the Microsoft Office product you want to repair, and from the drop-down, select Change. If you have a standalone application such as Word or Excel, search for the application name. Depending if your copy of Office is Click-to-run or an MSI-based install, do the following for your Office installation type:. In How would you like to repair your Office Programs , select Online Repair to make sure everything gets fixed, and then select Repair.
Click the Office product you want to repair, and then click Change. If running Repair didn't help, use this tool to completely uninstall Office and then reinstall it.
Click the button below to download and install the Office uninstall support tool. Follow the steps below to download the uninstall support tool according to your browser. Tip: The tool may take a few minutes to download and install. After completing the installation, the Uninstall Office products window will open.
After you restart your computer, the uninstall tool automatically re-opens to complete the final step of the uninstall process. Follow the remaining prompts. Select the steps for the version of Office you want to install or reinstall. Close the uninstall tool. Premium apps:. Premium apps. Select your operating system. Select your operating system Windows 10 Windows 8 or 8. Click-to-Run installation type: In How would you like to repair your Office Programs , select Online Repair to make sure everything gets fixed, and then select Repair.
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