{"id":80952,"date":"2026-06-26T13:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/?p=80952"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:05:04","slug":"word-excel-run-into-an-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/word-excel-run-into-an-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Word or Excel has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you open an Office app, such as Word or Excel, you may see the following error.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">We're sorry, but Word has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. Word will need to be closed as a result.\r\n\r\nWould you like us to repair now?\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">We're sorry, but Excel has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. Word will need to be closed as a result.\r\n\r\nWould you like us to repair now?\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/word_run_into_error.png\" alt=\"We're sorry, but Word has run into an error\" width=\"378\" height=\"242\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clicking Repair Now may not resolve the issue because it runs a Quick Repair.<\/p>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>To resolve the issue, please do an online repair of Office.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open Settings \u2192 Apps \u2192 Installed apps (or Apps &amp; features, depending on Windows version).<\/li>\n<li>Select the Microsoft 365 or Office product you want to repair and select Modify.<\/li>\n<li>Select it and choose Modify.<\/li>\n<li>When prompted, choose Online Repair (not Quick Repair), then start the repair.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/office-365-repair.png\" alt=\"office online repair\" width=\"763\" height=\"286\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Stay online and let the process complete; this can take some time and may effectively reinstall Office.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That should resolve the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you open an Office app, such as Word or Excel, you may see the following error. We&#8217;re sorry, but Word has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. Word will need to be closed as a result. Would you like us to repair now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[191],"class_list":["post-80952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-office","tag-error-messages"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80420,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/c2r64-dll-0xc000012f-office-apps\/","url_meta":{"origin":80952,"position":0},"title":"0xc000012f \u2013 c2r64.dll Error Launching Office apps","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"When you open an Office app, such as Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, or OneNote, you may get an error message regarding the file c2r64.dll. 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