Office File Validation

Several times lately, when I tried to open a word document (.doc) which is saved to Dropbox (I tried to open either from Dropbox or Citrix Sharefile Quick Edit), instead of opening, a window pops up with a message "Office File Validation detected a problem while trying to open this file.  Opening it may be dangerous."  I am offered the options of Open or Cancel.  I click on Open but instead of the document opening another window pops up with the following message.  The only option I am offered is OK which closes the document.  The file permissions to document and drive are fine as are the memory and disk space.  I tried the Text Recovery converter and while the document is "saved" it is not saved in English.

Word experienced an error trying to open the file.

Try these suggestions.

-Check the file permissions for the document or drive.

-Make sure there is sufficient free memory and disk space.

-Open the file with the Text Recovery converter.

Please let me know why this is happening, what I can do to stop it and if I can't stop it what I can do to be able to open the document or recovery the document in English.  Thanks!

So what happens if you copy the doc from dropbox to a documents location on the PC, then within Word open that file?
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Currently win11 Pro & O365 Bus, multiple devices

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Same thing.  :-(

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I just deleted Microsoft Office File Validation from Control Panel/Programs so hopefully that will eliminate the problem. 

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Last updated October 5, 2021 Views 124 Applies to: