Microsoft word not responding nor starting up fix

Microsoft word not Responding

Many times you will come across some issues with Microsoft word or even Microsoft office in general. One of the most coming issue you may experience is Microsoft word not responding or not starting up. For this article we will look at how to fix this issue.

Hi and welcome back to Encyclotek.com. So, just how can you go about fixing “Microsoft word is Not Responding”, starting or opening on Windows 10? Let’s get started.

The Quick Fix

To fix the issue mentioned above simply right click on your task bar and select task manager – Learn more about Task Manager:

Microsoft word not responding task bar fix
first step to fixing Microsoft Word
  • Look to the far right and select “Services
  • Look for VSS (Description will read – Volume Shadow Copy). Your Services list should be in alphabetical order so just scroll down to find VSS and right click on it
task manager at services to fix Microsoft word not responding
VSS in task manger at Services to fix Microsoft Word or office not responding or starting up – Task Manager option
  • Next click on “Open Services
  • Now find “Print Spooler” from the given list
  • Right click on print spooler and choose properties

Under the print spooler properties. Go to Startup type and select Manual and click Apply and then OK.

Now you can go to the Start Button and restart your computer and that should fix your Microsoft word not responding issue or not starting up / not launching.

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