All Microsoft apps need repair?

Question

Every MS app I open shows this popup: "We're sorry but Word (Outlook, Excel, etc.) has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. Word will need to be closed as a result. Would you like us to repair now? When I click on Repair Now nothing happens.

Windows 10, updated last night.

Answer 1

Hi Craig, it is a Microsoft bug. It has been like this for years, Microsoft ignores it. You should not need to do an online repair. Quick repair should fix the problem. If you still have a problem after running Quick repair you can go back and do an online repair, which is a more comprehensive repair and reinstalls Office as part of the process.

Right click on the Windows Start

Apps & Features (top)

In the little search box type>Office (This will bring up your Office from the list of Apps

Click on your Office

Modify

Choose>Quick repair

You can also go to Control Panel

Programs and Features

Right click on your Office

Change
Choose Quick repair

Answer 2

Hi Craig,

Thanks for posting in the community. We are happy to help you.

According to your description, please try the following steps to repair Office, then check again.

1. Go to Windows Settings> Apps & features> find the Microsoft Office product.
2. Select it and select Modify> then choose Online Repair. After that, please run Office applications to check again.

For your reference:

Repair an Office application

If the error message still appears after repair, please post it back and let us know. We will continue to help you.

Sincerely,

George | Microsoft Community Moderator