Office Program Not Working
You are likely to encounter not working error when you try to open Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, or the Visio of Office 2013, or Office 2016 on your device. If you get the errors of stop working as shown below,
- Microsoft Outlook has stopped working
- Microsoft Excel has stopped working.
- Microsoft Publisher has stopped working.
- Microsoft PowerPoint has stopped working.
- Microsoft Word has stopped working.
Then update your office before moving to resolve the error.
Now follow the given troubleshooting options
1. Repairing Office Click-to-Run application that is not Starting
Go with the following steps according to your window version
Repairing for Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10
- Click Start, go with the control panel
- Tap on the Programs option, then Uninstall a Program
- Click on Microsoft office 365, tap on the Change option
- Click on the QuickRepair, then tap on the Repair.
Repairing for Windows 7
- Tap on Start then Control Panel.
- Double-click on Programs, and Features.
- Go with Microsoft Office 365, then tap on
- Click on Quick Repair, then tap on
- After the completion of the repairing process, restart your computer.
2. Disable the Adds-In
The compatibility issues might cause stop-working issues. To sort out the add-ins, and to activate the safe mode, follow the given steps.
Go to the Start menu, select Run
Now type word /safe then enter to start the program.
Type excel /safe then enter.
Type powerpoint/safe then enter.
Type visio /safe then enter.
And all the other related programs.
Point to be noted: Carefully put a space between the name of the app, and /safe, if you witness the error, “ can’t find”.
Remember, after getting through the above steps still the app doesn’t work then go with uninstalling, and reinstalling, or repairing.
If the Safe Mode starts the Office app, then go with disabling the both adds-inn, and the COM adds-in immediately.