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Updating office and getting an error message (Office for Windows)
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I have tried to open a word / excel document.
It says it is updating, please wait a moment.
After a few minutes I get a message saying:
WINWORD.EXE - Application Error - This application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application.
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