Microsoft 2016 for Mac Products Crash When Opening

Anonymous
2019-03-11T19:33:38+00:00

Hi there, my Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint applications crash right after I open them. I can't even access the File/Help/etc menu because the Microsoft Error Reporting prompt opens immediately, and prevents the application's menu bar from opening. 

I'm using Mac Mojave v 10.14.3 - the most updated version - and as many have suggested, I went into Microsoft 'Check for Updates' through my Word application (the one that will open), and found I'm using the most updated version. 

I've also restarted my Mac and opened in safe mode with no difference.

Here are the crash logs below.

What should I do from here?

Thanks so much!

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Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS

ExceptionEnumString: 1

Exception Code: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0000000000000000)

Date/Time: 2019-03-11 19:09:23 +0000

Application Name: Microsoft Excel

Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Excel

Application Signature: XCEL

Application Bitness: x64

Application Version: 16.16.7.19021001

Crashed Module Name: mso99

Crashed Module Version: 16.16.7.190210

Crashed Module Offset: 0x0000000000021ab6

Blame Module Name: mso99

Blame Module Version: 16.16.7.190210

UnsymbolicatedChecksum: FA4DBFDEDB1ECCDA29EC2FD8B06D1F9D

Blame Module Offset: 0x0000000000021ab6

StackHash: 728583b1ff983970-SB_1_bk

Application LCID: 1033

Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409

Build Type: SHIP

Crashed thread Stack Pointer: 0x_00007000092caaa0

Audience: Insiders

AudienceGroup: Insiders

AudienceChannel: CC

Crashed thread: 14

Microsoft Error Reporting log version: 2.0

Error Signature:

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS

ExceptionEnumString: 1

Exception Code: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0000000000000000)

Date/Time: 2019-03-11 19:09:43 +0000

Application Name: Microsoft Outlook

Application Bundle ID: com.microsoft.Outlook

Application Signature: OPIM

Application Bitness: x64

Application Version: 16.16.7.19021001

Crashed Module Name: mso99

Crashed Module Version: 16.16.7.190210

Crashed Module Offset: 0x0000000000021ab6

Blame Module Name: mso99

Blame Module Version: 16.16.7.190210

UnsymbolicatedChecksum: FA4DBFDEDB1ECCDA29EC2FD8B06D1F9D

Blame Module Offset: 0x0000000000021ab6

StackHash: 728583b1ff983970-SB_1_bk

Application LCID: 1033

Extra app info: Reg=en Loc=0x0409

Build Type: SHIP

Crashed thread Stack Pointer: 0x_0000700000b58aa0

Audience: Insiders

AudienceGroup: Insiders

AudienceChannel: CC

Crashed thread: 6

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Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP
2019-03-13T02:18:31+00:00

Hi Michael,

As you probably already know, the 16.16.8 update is now available and this problem has been fixed.

If you have AutoUpdate set to automatically install updates, it is likely this update was automatically installed.

If you have AutoUpdate set to manual updates, you can launch AutoUpdate from any Office application and choose Check for Updates from the Help menu. If none of your applications will open, you can download the update to AutoUpdate manually from this link, then install and run AutoUpdate, which will install the 16.16.8 fixed update to Microsoft Office 2016.

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=830196

I highly recommend that anyone affected launch AutoUpdate by going to the Help menu in any Office 2016 application and choosing Check for Updates. Remove your installation from Insider programs by unchecking the box that has you join the program. There will never be any future Insider builds of Office for Office 2016. The feature set of Office 2016 is not going to change, and there will never be any future Insider builds.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-03-12T16:37:18+00:00

    this is happening to at least 30 machines across multiple clients I support - including my own Mac

    please tell me this will be resolved Quickly

    you have rolled out and update which has basically FECKED every mac on the planet using Microsoft Office

    I found a way to provisionally circumvent the problem and access the Office apps.

    First, using the Finder Menu "Go" while pressing "alt", you see Library, select it, the Library opens. Then go to /Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/ and move the file  MicrosoftRegistrationDB.reg to the Desktop. Do not close the folder where you picked it.

    Normally just after that Word should respond to the Open command, and re-create a file with the same name in the same folder. Without quitting Word, get info (cmd+I) from the newly created file  MicrosoftRegistrationDB.reg in the above folder and lock it by clicking the "Locked" box.

    Then normally you can quit Word.

    That allows a restart of every Office application. Your macros should have been preserved and work almost OK. BUT you lose the memory of the recently opened documents.

    Does anyone have thoughts on whether this is a safe, permanent answer? For instance, might locking the file (and then forgetting having done so) interfere with future updates?

    Meanwhile, thanks fjlguillot for a promising suggestion.

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  2. Jim G 134K Reputation points MVP
    2019-03-12T15:00:06+00:00

    If uninstall/reinstall brought you to version 16.23 then the problem you started off with is completely different from the problem that is described in this Q&A thread. The problem in the crash log is clear - version 16.16.7 is being used with Insider option taken.

    Version 16.16.7 is Office 2016

    Version 16.23 is Office 2019

    You have Office 2019, but everyone else here has Office 2016.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-03-12T12:50:46+00:00

    As another user found, the MicrosoftRegistrationDB.reg file seems to be the issue for me, although I didn't lock it to keep it from being updates.

    I have been able to get things working again by doing an uninstall (per https://support.office.com/en-us/article/uninstall-office-for-mac-eefa1199-5b58- 43af-8a3d-b73dc1a8cae3?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US) and reinstall and then doing updates, and deleting the MicrosoftRegistrationDB.reg file from the ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office directory.

    I had already done an uninstall/reinstall/reapply updates, but I had done the updates from the Insider Fast update channel. On the second try, I did only the regular updates. That still didn't fix it, but I noticed that the MicrosoftRegistrationDB.reg was being modified when an Office application starts, so I deleted just that file (rather than the whole directory), and now the Office apps are starting up normally every time.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-03-12T12:30:41+00:00

    THANK YOU!!!!!   This worked for me perfectly.

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