MS Word for Desktop will no longer open

Jenifer McCrea 1 Reputation point
2020-08-05T15:36:35.8+00:00

I have Windows 10 Pro. Yesterday, my Word for Desktop worked fine. Today it is not even showing as installed on my computer. When I try to open Excel for Desktop, I get an error message that "the operating system is not presently configured to run this application." I need this fixed because I use word and excel all day everyday.

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
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  1. T. Kujala 8,721 Reputation points
    2020-08-05T15:41:39.127+00:00

  2. Michelle Sanchez 271 Reputation points
    2020-08-07T02:07:24.263+00:00

    Hi
    On your Control panel > Uninstall and change a program
    And then look for the Application Microsoft Office > click and then modify and then you can do a quick repair or Online repair.

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  3. Stefan Blom 2,271 Reputation points MVP
    2020-08-07T12:46:08.397+00:00

    Has Office been successfully installed? Have you tried repairing the installation (see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/repair-an-office-application-7821d4b6-7c1d-4205-aa0e-a6b40c5bb88b)?

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