What to Do When Word Document is Not Opening?

Updated on July 06, 2020


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Whether it is a networked environment, or a stand-alone system, sometimes Word documents fail to open because due to file permission problems, sharing problems, or else the Word file itself is corrupted. When it comes to networked sharing environment, a Word file fail to open or respond due to problem in file sharing issues or file permission issues. In Stand-alone system, the Word file fail to open due to corruption in the Word file or due to malfunctioning of the MS Word application itself. In such cases, one should identify the causes, and fix the issues ASAP, otherwise, you may lose your valuable Word file. To know how to fix Word file that is not responding/opening, keep reading..!

What causes corruption in the Word file that inturn refuses to open?

There are several causes behind Word document inaccessibility and one of the common reason is file corruption which makes the Word file inaccessible. Few common factors which are responsible for Word file corruption are:

  • If a Word document gets infected by virus, malware or any external threats, then they are chances of document getting corrupted.
  • When header of Word file is damaged due to any unknown reason it leads to file inaccessibility.
  • Presence of bad sectors on Windows drive or storage drive corruption where DOC / DOCX files are stored can make them unreadable.
  • Word documents may not open due to incomplete download/ transfer of Word file, CRC error, application malfunction, inaccessibility and so on.

Remo Repair Word - Free Tool to Fix Word Documents That are Not Opening

Apart from above mentioned scenarios, there could even be many other reasons for corrupting Office document. By using Remo Repair Word, you definitely come to know how to repair and open a Word file under various situations.

How to Fix Word document that is not opening with Remo Repair Word?

Download the free demo version of Remo Repair Word tool and install it in your Windows desktop or laptop. Easily repair Word file that won’t open within few simple steps as mentioned here:

Step 1: Launch Remo Repair Word and select DOC / DOCX file that won’t open by using “Browse” option. Now, click on “Repair” button to repair Word file that won’t open on Windows system

Step 2: The software automatically start fixing the Word document that is not opening which you can see through the progress bar.

Step 3: After repair, if you get “File repaired Successfully” message on your screen, then click “Preview” button to view repaired Word document

Step 4: Click on “Browse” to select the storage location where you want to save your repaired Word document, then hit on “Save

More benefits of using Remo Repair Word software:

  • Tool is completely free from all kinds of virus attack and hence it is safer to repair Word document that won't open.
  • It is designed with user friendly interface so that an individual with less technical knowledge will understand and fix Word files that refuses to open in just few clicks.
  • Ability to repair corrupt, broken or inaccessible Word documents of DOC and DOCX file type effectively.
  • Supports repairing of Word documents that are stored on various external devices such as memory cards, USB drives, portable hard drive, FireWire drive when it is connected to the computer.
  • Easily fix Word document having huge file size and also recovers all inserted Word file items including text, hyperlinks, clipart, OLE objects and so on.
  • Safest Word file repair tool that only extract the content from the file and will never damage the original Word file as it works in read-only mode.