Updating office and getting an error message (Office for Windows)

Just had this occur - followed your instructions and problem has been solved - many thanks

Bob

That worked. Thank you for your help.

Thanks, this worked today after having the updating error again but i am guessing it will come back with the next update.

Its a shame Microslop is not willing to do a thorough QA or reduce the number of updates,

Oh how the mighty have fallen!!!!

I usually just shutdown and reboot as soon as this occurs. Office then seems to open without this annoying message.  Tried the online fix once, but it wiped out the entire MS360 suite. This also occurred when I had the stand alone Outlook.

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. 

Another user tracked this down to Office waking from the computer put into sleep or hibernation earlier.  I always leave an Office file open when I put computer to sleep now.  Not sure but seems to work.  Otherwise,  shut the computer down when the Office update box appears  BEFORE the error box appears.  And then reboot, of course.