How do I fix excel application error 142?

Question

What is the fix for this?

Answer 1

Hi Mary, how are you, thanks for posting in our microsoft community, I hope these suggestions below helps you:

1.Try to open Excel in safe mode and check if error will appaer again https://support.office.com/en-us/article/open-o...

2. Try to repair Office https://support.office.com/en-us/article/repair...
3. Remove add-ins https://support.office.com/en-us/article/view-m...

Best regards!

Answer 2

Hi,

I'm Diego Rios, an Independent Advisor willing to help other Microsoft customers.

You can try the following procedures:

Try working with the Word / Excel / PW in Safe mode and check if it helps.

Hold the windows key + Letter ‘R’ on the keyboard to launch the Run command > Copy and paste the following command line in the open box and click Ok.

For Excel: Type excel /safe, and click OK.

For Outlook: Type outlook /safe, and click OK.

For Word: Type winword /safe, and click OK.

For PowerPoint: Type powerpnt /safe, and click OK.

For Publisher: Type mspub /safe, and click OK.

For Visio: Type visio /safe, and click OK.

If, word works properly do you need to disable add-ins:

Go into Word / Excel/ PW:

Click on File menu.

Click Options.

Click Add-ins.

Click on Go button besides Manage: Com-Add-in.

Check if there are add-ins listed, clear the checkbox to disable them.

Close the Word and restart it.

In the link below explain how disable add-in:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/view-m...

If, the procedures above didn't work, I refer to repair Office in the following link for more information:

Go to Control Panel >> Add and Remove Programs and highlight Microsoft Office. Click on Remove. A menu will pop up allowing you to choose repair or reinstall. Try a Repair Online and verified after repair it fix.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/re...

Please let me know if this helped and works.

Best Regards,

Diego R.

Answer 3

Hello!

This is an Independent Advisor to help you.!

I suggest to you disable the office add-ins that sometimes have this effects:

Try to open Excel in safe mode, to make it, you need open Run and write Excel /safe, and click OK.

Disable the add-ins: you need to go to file > options > add-ins select COM and uncheck the first add-in checked.

After it, close Excel and try to opening again the Excel.

If the issue still, I'll recommend to you to performance an Office repair.

To Office repair you can follow the steps below.

Go to Control Panel and open Programs and Features, select the Office and click on Change.

You will can see 2 way to repair.

As first way is performer a quick repair because it will take less time.

If the problem still, you need performer an Online Repair, it will take more time than quick repair.

Please let me know if the problem continue.

Regards.
AC