Office 2007 Validation Error "0x80240023"

Guys I think I have a solution.

If you are using MS Office 2007 or below you may come across with this update error.

This is something related to Office File Validation Add-in (KB2501584).

I searched MS support sites for this update but received nothing.

After searching many sources I found "Office File Validation Add-in" published by MicroSoft.

I will provide the link here. after installing this I got 2 more updates and the update error is gone and my system is up to date.

Here's the Link!

MS Office File Validation Add-In

Note: MS Office 2010 users may not require this, I think !

Let me Know if this helped You !

Hello everyone that had or still have the Office File Validation Add-in Error code 0x80240023  (KB2501584).

Today is March 16, 2021, and I've just solved my problem with the Office File Validation Add-in Error.

Since I upgraded to Windows 10 I had never had a problem with this item, but last week I had to restore Windows (I used the 'keep my files & etc.' option) so this problem appeared when I started updating system. 

I kept getting this Error code with every Windows Update run, so I searched MS site which offered the 'hide method', but I wanted it fixed so I googled it and among others chose this link FIX: Error 0x80240023 in Windows 10 Update (Solved) • Repair Windows™  which I found very helpful because aside from the said 'hide method' as was suggested somewhere at the beginning of this thread, it offered to install the missing file as a way of handling it, as I was interested in. So I went for option 1 of this link and so far it worked fine. I ran Windows Update twice now and everything is safe & sound on my computer. 

I hope this is still helpful for anyone who find their selves in the same situation.

Here is a print-screen of the link's first piece of information. I also pasted a summary of the instructions steps which I printed to make it easier for me. 

I hope it helps you! 

MY COPY:

Method 1. Install Manually the Microsoft Office File Validation Add-in.

1. Open Windows Explorer & navigate to the following folder: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
2. In the search bar type OFV.CAB and press Enter.

3. Copy the OFV.CAB file to your Desktop or to your Download location (if two or more OFV.CAB files are found in the results, copy any of them it’s the same file).

4. Navigate to the location where you copied the OFV.CAB file and extract its contents.
5. Double-click at extracted OFV.msi file to install the Microsoft Office File Validation Add-in for Office 2007 manually.
6. Ask Yes at 'User Account Control' window.
7. When the installation is completed, go to Windows Update and click Retry.
8. That's it! This time Windows will check and install all available updates without displaying the error 0x80240023.
9. If everything is OK, delete the OFV.CAB and the OFV.MSI files from where you copied them

(e.g. your Desktop), and continue your job.

Greetings form Bs.As.

Sylvia

Guys I think I have a solution.

If you are using MS Office 2007 or below you may come across with this update error.

This is something related to Office File Validation Add-in (KB2501584).

I searched MS support sites for this update but received nothing.

After searching many sources I found "Office File Validation Add-in" published by MicroSoft.

I will provide the link here. after installing this I got 2 more updates and the update error is gone and my system is up to date.

Here's the Link!

MS Office File Validation Add-In

Note: MS Office 2010 users may not require this, I think !

Let me Know if this helped You !

So I was able to find a work around for this problem. 

To prevent the problem MS Office File Validation update (KB2501584) from being reinstalled by Windows Update, use the “Show or Hide Updates” troubleshooter to hide it. Window Update won’t install hidden drivers or updates.

Download the troubleshooter from the Microsoft Download Center:   http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/2/2/f22d5fdb-59cd-4275-8c95-1be17bf70b21/wushowhide.diagcab

When you click the download link, you're prompted to open or save wushowhide.diagcab. I would suggest saving it because it doesn't get "installed". Then you can run the tool and "Hide" the problem download. This allows all the other updates to proceed without error.

Hello LA16 Sorry to Bug you Again  ....but what if I  want to undo these steps .....  like is there a way to go back / revert back...like the procedure shows how to "hide" the problem download...what if i want to bring back later in the hopes that there could be a fix from microsoft ?

if so could you kindly tell me the steps ?

awaiting your kind response 

Thank you  !!