the application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). click ok to close the application

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can not open any office programs.
nothing happens after clicking "ok"
worked fine yesterday

the application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). click ok to close the application

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

Please do try these troubleshooting steps that may help. It may be an update that caused it to not work.
- Start by doing System Restore, restore it to an earlier date or time before it even had the problem.
- Here's how to perform System Restore: (Just click on "Restore from a system restore point".
- http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ph/windows-10/windows-10-recovery-options
- If these doesn't work you may need to uninstall/reinstall Microsoft Office itself.

 

[Colif]

right click start menu
select control panel
from Category view, under Programs, select Uninstall a program.

Right-click the Microsoft Office product you want to repair, and select Change.

NOTE: If you have a suite such as Office 365 Home or Office Home and Student 2013 or 2016, search for the suite name, even if it's just a particular application you want to repair such as Word or Excel. If you have a standalone application such as Word or Excel, search for the application name.

From the How would you like to repair your Office Programs screen, select Online Repair to ensure everything gets fixed, and then select Repair. You can select Quick Repair which runs faster but only detects and then replaces corrupted files. Online Repair does an uninstall and complete repair but takes longer.

Follow the instructions on the screen to complete.