Just wanted to say that I, too, am suffering from this dreadful issue, which started occurring only after I updated my machine to Windows 10 version 1809 earlier today.
Symptoms:
- All other Microsoft Office programs appear to be running fine, just like before, except for Word (2016 and 2019, doesn't matter which version)
- I can open any Word document (.doc, .docx, etc.) and edit it without issue, but clicking the "Save" icon does nothing, likewise for "CTRL+S"
- When trying to choose a save destination folder through "Save as", clicking "Browse" does nothing
- When closing any Word document, I get the following prompt: "Want to save your changes to "(document name)"? If you click "Don't Save", a recent copy of this document will be temporarily available.", but clicking "Save" does nothing and "Don't Save" simply
closes the document without saving it
Already tried:
- Uninstalling Microsoft Office 2016 and re-installing Microsoft Office 2019 from scratch (no success)
- Disabling "Controlled folder access" from within Microsoft Defender Security Center (was already turned off by default)
- Adding WINWORD.exe as a an "Allowed app" through "Controlled folder access"
Is there anything else that can be done about this, since this never happened to me before and it's keeping me from working! :(