How to troubleshoot problems that occur when you start or use Word 2010, Word 2007, Word 2003, or Word 2002
KB Article: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541
This article describes how to troubleshoot problems that occur when you start or use Microsoft Office Word 2010, Microsoft Office Word 2007, Microsoft Office Word 2003, or Microsoft Word 2002. The methods that are described can help you determine the cause of a problem with Word when you cannot identify the problem by another method.
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Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Oy, lets try this again. I just posted a fix for this that probably will work. I also posted why this happens. First off Why?: It usually happens when you have one or more different versions of Office installed on your computer. I.e. leftover from not uninstalling or upgrading office instead of removing it first. The fix I found back in 2002 and it works to this day. It was orignally to resolve an IO problem with PowerPoint but it's resolved over 25 different problems with office. I found it on Microsoft's website. First you backup the Current User and Local Machine Office registry keys. Then you delete 8.0, 9.0 10.0, 11.0 12.0 and 14.0 for both CU and LM trees. Then you either install something else in Office or do a repair install. If you cannot kick-off the repair window you can run this command. "C:Program FilesCommon Filesmicrosoft sharedOFFICE14Office Setup ControllerSetup.exe" /modify PROPLUS /dll OSETUP.DLL. You may have to modify that command for your particular office version. Good Luck, hope it helps. Hopefully you're not pulling your hair out because I see some people have had this problem since 2011.Anonymous
October 24, 2011
I have word message that it stops working and then starts to save every time I have a word document which takes foreverAnonymous
December 02, 2011
I used the fixits for this problem, but with no result.Anonymous
December 05, 2011
restore desk top icons fix it for meAnonymous
December 09, 2011
I can't open Microsolf word starterAnonymous
January 30, 2012
I HAVE JUST INSTALLED OFFICE ENTERPRISE 2007 ON MY PC THAT RUNS ON WINDOWS 7 EVERY TIME I TRY TO START WORD / EXCEL ETC IT KEEPS RE-INSTALLING ITSELF CON SOMEONE HELP ME??Anonymous
February 17, 2013
My Product Key for Microsoft Word 7 keeps being rejected. It is the correct number.Anonymous
May 23, 2013
I cannot open documents using my MW 10. the program will not open and it will not open in safemode eitherAnonymous
October 29, 2014
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