Seriously, word shows as not responding after a windows 10 update. Is it correct to when you ask this question? Windows 10 updates have small impacts with word programs. You need to update the office software to fix any temporary issues. We have explained you the set of solutions in this article. If you really feel it doesn’t work, feel free to ask us on chat support system.
MS Word not Responding
If you have just completed an important document in MS Word, and you are about to save it, suddenly a message will appear on screen, “Microsoft Word has stopped Working”, or” Microsoft Word not responding”. In this situation you are left with no other option but to quit the program, which necessitates losing of your document.
- Solution through the Task Manager
- Go to the Start Window, Enter the Task Manager in the search box.
- Tap on the Task Manager, search out for MS Word, right-click on it, then tap on End Task.
- If it shows 100% disk usage, means that the RAM overloading has stopped the working of MS Word.
Thus, you need to release some space.
Uninstallation, and Reinstallation of MS Word
- Check the status of your activation key, and ensure its twice usability.
- Save your MS Office activation key in another device.
- Open Control Panel from Start menu, and tap on Programs, and Features. Search out for MS Office, and select it.
- Now tap on the Uninstall option in the top menu.
- Lastly, reinstall it, and enter your activation key for its proper working.
- Repairing with Programs, and Features
- Go to Control Panel from Start, tap on Programs and Features.
- Select the Microsoft Office.
- From the top menu, tap on the Change.
- Tap on Repair, then on Continue
- If you want to install new versions of MS Office, tap on Online Repair, then on Repair.
- After the device has completed the repairing process, restart your PC.
- Try Out with the Recovery of MS Office Application.
- From Start, select All Programs, then go to Microsoft Office tools, then MS Office Application recovery.
- From the list of currently running office applications, select the not responding document.
- Tap on the Recover Application option, and then recover your desired document.
