When I started getting this error Microsoft Word has stopped working, A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available, on my Office installation, I was a little irritated. I just could not open any Word documents. Well, in case you face the same issue, you can try the fixes mentioned in this guide.

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0:00 Intro
0:38 Open MS Word in Safe mode and disable Add-ins

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