The resource DLL can not be loaded

Anonymous
2019-03-07T22:02:39+00:00

Every time I try opening Microsoft Word, it gives me the error "The resource DLL can not be loaded". I called Microsoft customer service and all they told me was that they can only help if I bought the microsoft office product, but I spent over a $1000 on this Microsoft surface pro. But anyway, Is there any way to fix this without uninstalling it?

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Anonymous
2019-03-09T18:13:01+00:00

Every time I try opening Microsoft Word, it gives me the error "The resource DLL can not be loaded". I called Microsoft customer service and all they told me was that they can only help if I bought the microsoft office product, but I spent over a 1000 dollars on this Microsoft surface pro. But anyway, Is there any way to fix this without uninstalling it?

I fixed my issue.

  1. Windows Key + R.
  2. Type "winword /safe".
  3. Press Enter.
  4. Check and make sure no error dialog appears.
  5. Go to File > Options > Add-In.
  6. At the very bottom of the settings page, there's a dropdown menu. Select "COM Add-ins".
  7. Press Go... button.
  8. Find any Add-ins that were enabled, and untick the checkmarks next to them.
  9. Press OK.
  10. Close Word 2016.
  11. Reopen Word 2016 normally.
  12. Verify if the error popup did not show up.

And that's it for me. This is the COM Add-in that showed the error upon startup. It's in Japanese. The highlighted COM Add-in is the only one that was enabled before I disable it to fix my issue.

Many thanks to Jake A. from Microsoft Help Online Support Chat for resolving this issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-03-09T17:32:40+00:00

    yup having the same problem please fix its irritating and it triggers my ocd

    Have you tried contacting an Office Support agent? This is what I'm doing right now, but I'm waiting in line.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-03-09T17:39:57+00:00

    I had the same issue, after disabling all the unused add-ins, the error went away.

    1. Open Word
    2. Goto Options
    3. Click on  "Add-ins"
    4. Select "COM Add-ins" at the bottom of the dialog and click "Go...". 
    5. Disable all the Add-ins you don't recognize
    6. Repeat the same thing for Actions and etc.

    Restart Word, the error is gone!

    Good Luck!

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-03-09T23:31:14+00:00

    Omg Thank you! This worked!

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-03-09T23:32:32+00:00

    Check what asperatology posted! It worked for me!

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