Office 2013 (Windows 7) has worked well for several weeks, but not will not start up any programs?
Office 2013 Professional Plus (32 bit version) has been working well since clean installation approximately 2 weeks ago on a Windows 7 Professional 64 bit OS. Today when I tried to open any Office applications nothing happens. I have attempted both quick
and online repairs, both of which fail. Also tried to start individual applications in Safe mode, and then the OS in safe mode again no response. I have also tried a clean boot, and this also had no effect.
Windows updates are fully up to date, up to a single Defender update as of 7th May 2013.
A lot of problems with Office 2013 are caused by third party (non-Microsoft) applications.This is my (expanding) list of things to try when Office 2013\365 won’t start or crashes:
See Office 2013 install woes - http://office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=1834 See the KnowledgeBase article “Office 2013 applications crash on launch at the splash screen” at:
Do you have Abbyy Finereader installed on the PC? A number of people have reported that removing it overcomes problems with 2013
Do you have “Fun Tools” add-in? A number of people have reported that removing it overcomes problems with 2013
Do you have Toshiba Book Reader installed on the PC?It has been reported that uninstalling that brings Office back to working status.
Do you have the Acrobat PDFMaker add-in.It has been reported that uninstalling that overcomes an issue with a message appearing that states "The document contains macros. Macro support for this application is disabled. Features requiring
VBA are not available. Would you like to open this document as a read only?"
For the error message "There was a problem sending the command to the program", use Windows Explorer
to access the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15 folder and right click on WINWORD.EXE then on Properties, go to the Compatibility tab and uncheck all the boxes.It has also been reported that the problem can be overcome by editing the registry at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open and deleting the ddeexec key.
It has been reported that uninstalling FastPictureView and FastPictureViewer Pro… overcomes the issue of the Minimize, Maximize, Close and Help buttons not being visible in Office 2013.
Refer to the following website for information on repairing Office 2013/365: