Fix windows problems: A File Error Has Occurred

Have been working with the Office program properly, but suddenly get a message saying “A File Error Has Occurred” one day? Trying to save your document but fail either in .doc and .docx format because of the above message as well? I have just suffered from such an Office error but was so lucky to solve it with the below steps.

When you cannot save your documents or run the Office program correctly because of a “A File Error Has Occurred” message, create a new document based on the same template as the one which wont save; then turn off track changes on both the new and corrupt documents, copy and paste the entire contents of the corrupt document into the new one, and turn track changes back on on the new document. Finally, you will be able to save the new document under a new name. I was able to easily deal with the problem on my machine with these steps and hope it helps you, too.

If a copy and re-save job does not work, just check whether there is an Office update available. It does seem odd that Microsoft does have these holes in the capability of their Office suite. What I would suggest is to install all available updates or directly install Libre Office or Open Office which can open and save the .doc and .docx formats. Though this sounds simple, it is really a convoluted method to get rid of the message “A File Error Has Occurred” at most of the time.

Thirdly, you can directly uninstall and reinstall the Office suite on your machine. We know that as the usage of the machine or some virus attacks, it is quite common for the program to go corrupted or some required files have been deleted without your knowledge. When the program fails to locate the needed files to launch, a message saying “A File Error Has Occurred” might appear. To uninstall an Office program, go to Start, Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs. Within the appearing list, click Microsoft Office. By the way, if you want to save Microsoft Office settings, such as Ribbon customizations, do not select the check box. If do not want to keep any of the Office settings, select the check box. Click Remove and follow the on-screen instructions to go.

By the way, it is important that you can let your antivirus program running in the background all the time to against some dangerous PC risks. If a required Office file has been attacked and removed by the virus, it will fail to launch properly and display some annoying errors messages during its usage.

Before reinstalling the program, I would advise you to clean up registry errors first. Windows registry is a database in Windows that contains important information about system hardware, installed programs and settings, and profiles of each of the user accounts on your computer. A minor and incorrect change to the registry could render your computer inoperable. That is to say, if the required entries to the Office program has been missing or corrupted and cannot be recalled properly, the program will not launch correctly and display a message like “A File Error Has Occurred” when you are trying to run it. What is more, some leftover entries of some other uninstalled programs can mess up this database, stopping you from reinstalling your Office suite program or running your desired programs correctly. For a stable computer as well as the installed application’s running, repair the registry errors right now. You’d better do this by simply running a well-designed registry cleaner tool rather than manually fix it. This the safest and easiest way to get the computer and the Office program work without errors.

In a word, it is not terrible to suffer from a message saying “A File Error Has Occurred” and cannot run the Office program properly. With the above solutions, you can easily get rid of it within clicks and enjoy the machine properly all the time.