Microsoft Word 2013 has stopped working

Anonymous
2013-02-17T08:24:10+00:00

Whenever I try to open Word 2013 (safe mode is working fine), it says Word 2013 has stopped working. All other Office 2013 are working correctly.

Here's the event log:

Faulting application name: WINWORD.EXE, version: 15.0.4454.1504, time stamp: 0x50be98da

Faulting module name: btmofficea.dll, version: 1.0.0.49, time stamp: 0x4d382a1a

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x00000000000065ff

Faulting process id: 0x1318

Faulting application start time: 0x01ce0ce707fd2419

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15\WINWORD.EXE

Faulting module path: c:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Bluetooth\btmofficea.dll

Report Id: 487fb2ad-78da-11e2-98a3-005056c00008

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Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2013-02-17T08:41:14+00:00

Sounds like you may have a Bluetooth Add-in that is causing the problem.  Click on the File menu, then Options and then on Add-Ins and then click on the Go button alongside Manage Add-ins and if there is a Bluetooth Add-in, disable it.

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-03-12T22:17:41+00:00

    Have you tried the suggestions in my response of January 17, 2014?

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-03-12T14:34:15+00:00

    I'm having the same problem with all Office 365 applications.  This is the message I get when I try to open a file in Word.  Please help

    Problem Event Name: BEX

      Application Name: WINWORD.EXE

      Application Version: 15.0.4569.1503

      Application Timestamp: 52b0b1b2

      Fault Module Name: unknown

      Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0

      Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000

      Exception Offset: 003ad7e8

      Exception Code: c0000005

      Exception Data: 00000008

      OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3

      Locale ID: 1033

    Additional information about the problem:

      LCID: 1033

      skulcid: 1033

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  3. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-03-03T09:10:09+00:00

    A lot of problems with Office 2013 are caused by third party (non-Microsoft) applications.  This is my (expanding) list of things to try when Office 2013\365 won’t start or crashes:

    See the Article “Why can’t I start my Office 2013 application at:

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/why-cant-i-start-my-office-2013-application-HA104011864.aspx

    Refer to the following website for information on repairing Office 2013\365:

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/repair-or-remove-office-2010-HA010357402.aspx

    See Office 2013 install woes - http://office-watch.com/t/n.aspx?a=1834

    See the KnowledgeBase article “Office 2013 applications crash on launch at the splash screen” at:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2813143

    Or see the KnowledgeBase article Error: “Something went wrong and we can't sign you in right now” when trying to install Office 2013 at:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2811180/en-us/

    Also see my response in

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2013\_release-word/microsoft-word-2013-has-stopped-working/67b81016-849f-481a-bce5-bf04797ac03b

    Do you have Abbyy Finereader installed on the PC? A number of people have reported that removing it overcomes problems with 2013.  See:

    Office programs may crash with the FineReader add-in installed at:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2755838

    Do you have “Fun Tools” add-in? A number of people have reported that removing it overcomes problems with 2013

    Do you have Toshiba Book Reader installed on the PC?  It has been reported that uninstalling that brings Office back to working status.

    Do you have the Acrobat PDFMaker add-in.  It has been reported that uninstalling that overcomes an issue with a message appearing that states "The document contains macros. Macro support for this application is disabled. Features requiring VBA are not available. Would you like to open this document as a read only?"

    Also see: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2013\_release-word/microsoft-word-has-stopped-working-when-i-close/8375b5b6-4f7e-46ed-a02b-90152ecad287#LastReplyand

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_home-word/word-and-excel-2013-crashing-on-windows-7/5389390c-e989-4c8e-8fe0-62673f1410ce?page=4#LastReply

    It appears that there may be some hardware incompatibilities as well.  If you have the NVIDIA driver NVWGF2UM.DLL, try renaming it as: NVWGF2UM.oldas was mentioned in:

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2013\_release-word/microsoft-word-has-stopped-working-when-i-close/8375b5b6-4f7e-46ed-a02b-90152ecad287#LastReply

    From the File tab, select Options and then click on Advanced and then in the Display section of the dialog, check the box for Disable hardware graphics acceleration

    For the error message "There was a problem sending the command to the program", use Windows Explorer to access the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15 folder and right click on WINWORD.EXE then on Properties, go to the Compatibility tab and uncheck all the boxes.  It has also been reported that the problem can be overcome by editing the registry at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open and deleting the ddeexec key.

    The ddeexec can also be deleted from

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.DocumentMacroEnabled.12\shell\Open.

    That fix is described at ...

    http://www.dilloway.co.uk/there-was-a-problem-sending-the-command.html

    It has been reported that uninstalling FastPictureView and FastPictureViewer Pro… overcomes the issue of the Minimize, Maximize, Close and Help buttons not being visible in Office 2013.

    If you have a Canon 8350 printer, try using the Canon MF8000 UFRI LT XPS driver as detail in the post by Riad Amstha on April 14 in the thread at:

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_365hp-word/office-2013-crashes-with-canon-8350-printer/e2bf6530-92e0-47ef-b6ec-e803a91793d0?page=3#LastReply

    For the problem of nothing appearing when you start typing in a blank document in Word in Office 365 Home Premium, and you hear a bell sound with each keypress, but no characters appear, disable the SMARTInk add-in for an interactive whiteboard.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-03-03T08:48:16+00:00

    I think this is a very frustrating and annoying situation. I had the same issue and followed all the items I could find over the internet but none worked. Here is what I did to solve the same issue:

    1. Head to control panel
    2. Select Office Professional 2013
    3. Right Click and click "change".
    4. A pop-up window will show with options below5. Select "Repair" and wait for the repair to complete.

    This procedure can also be performed with Office 2013 set up file in a CD inserted into the DVD drive. Mine worked so well.

    Hope it helps

    ******@allidu.com

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