Office 2019 Tries to Update Itself on W7 and Fails, Apps Will Not Open!

Discussion in 'Microsoft Office' started by Modify_inc, Jul 28, 2021.

  1. Modify_inc

    Modify_inc MDL Novice

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    I've been using Office 2019 on my W7 PC for awhile now, and just now when I tried to open Word, it said it was "Updating Office, please wait a moment." Of course it failed to update since it's not even suppose to work on W7, with the error "This application was unable to start correctly. 0xc0000142. Click to close." So now I can't even use any of the Office apps.

    Is Office suppose to automatically attempt to update itself using OfficeRTool or any of the tools that allow you to install Office 2019 on W7? Can I disable this or repair Office so I can use Office again or will this require me to completely reinstall it all over again?