Faulting application backgroundTaskHost.exe

Question

We have a single workstation in our environment that has a popup occurring every 30 minutes or so that states: C:\program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub_18.1910.1283.0_x64__8w...\LocalBridge.exe  The data area passed to a system call is too small.

The Application log displays the following event:

Type: Error

Source: Application Error

Event ID: 1000

Event Time: 12/31/2019 8:57:38 AM

User: n/a

Computer:

Description:

Faulting application name: backgroundTaskHost.exe, version: 10.0.16299.15, time stamp: 0x290d9f78

Faulting module name: twinapi.appcore.dll, version: 10.0.16299.19, time stamp: 0x63553d36

Exception code: 0xc000027b

Fault offset: 0x0000000000094ef5

Faulting process id: 0x2518

Faulting application start time: 0x01d5bfe23e9f1896

Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\backgroundTaskHost.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\twinapi.appcore.dll

Report Id: 9468cb00-c120-4fd6-b85f-793542b843b4

Faulting package full name: Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub_18.1910.1283.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

Faulting package-relative application ID: Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub

I presuming this is an issue with office, I have run the Office Repair routine but still get the pop up.  Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

I fixed the problem by running the following powershell command from the users profile:

get-appxpackage|?{$_.packagefullname-like'*MicrosoftOfficeHub*'}|remove-appxpackage