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Microsoft Excel provides a way for you to personalize the spreadsheets your business uses to your liking and save those customizations as the standard default settings. At some point, if you want to revert back to the factory default settings of the spreadsheet program -- to pass your computer on to another worker, for example -- Excel enables you to do that as well through a couple options.
Disable Add-Ins
2.Click 'Options' under Help to open the Options dialog box.
3.Click 'Trust Center' and then 'Trust Center Settings.'
4.Click 'Add-ins' in the left pane if the window opens to a different heading.
5.Check the box next to 'Disable all Application Add-ins (may impair functionality).'
Repair Excel
1.Click the Start button and open the 'Control Panel.'
2.Click the 'Uninstall a program' link under Programs.
4.Click the 'Change' button and wait for a new window to open.
5.Click to select the 'Repair' option and click 'Continue' to authorize your computer to repair Microsoft Excel to its default settings.
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Summary
This page offers quick fixes for Microsoft Office Excel has stopped working error and tells how to recover unsaved excel document using EaseUS recovery software. Try it when Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 or other versions crash, hang, freeze and stop working.
PAGE CONTENT:
- Part 1. Fix 'Microsoft Excel has stopped working' error
- Part 2. Recover deleted Excel with a file recovery tool
Microsoft Excel Has Stopped Working When Saving
'Last night, when I finished working on a complex workbook and tried to save it, Windows reported that 'Microsoft Excel has stopped working' and didn't allow any operation on the document. What's worse was that I hadn’t saved my document yet. How could I solve this issue and recover my unsaved file? I'm using Microsoft Excel 2016.'
Thanks to Microsoft Excel, we can deal with almost all the data relevant work, whether simple or complex data processing. Most of the time, Microsoft Excel runs smoothly and flawlessly. However, sometimes, loathsome and unspecific errors can make it down and stop work properly. On this page, we will focus on Microsoft Excel has stopped working when saving and discuss the solutions.
Part 1. 7 Useful Solutions to Microsoft Excel Has Stopped Working
Microsoft Excel has stopped working when saving may result from many matters, like lots of details and contents contained in Excel, the file is generated by a third-party application, add-ins interference, outdated Excel version, and more. However, whatever the reason might be, learn how to get rid of this error now.
1. Open MS Excel in Safe Mode
Press Windows+ R to open the Run option. Type excel.exe/safe and click 'OK' to open the MS Excel in the safe mode. You can see if the software still crashes. This will help if an add-in or another program is causing Excel to stop working.
2. Disable Problematic Add-ins
Step 1. Opening Excel in safe mode, click 'File' > 'Options' > 'Add-ins'. Select 'COM Add-ins', and click 'Go'.
Step 2. You can try to disable the add-ins one by one and check if the problem has been resolved. If you have added an add-in recently, you can try to remove it first, and see if Excel works correctly after that.
3. Check for Antivirus and Other Program Conflicts
The antivirus or other program conflicts can cause the Excel has stopped working error. So here, try to end antivirus as well as the running applications to see if the issue is removed. Besides, it is recommended that you check whether your anti-virus software is up to date or not.
4. Change Default Printer
When you open an Excel document, it attempts to communicate with the printer. If that communication fails, Excel might crash and stop working. In this case, you can troubleshoot by changing the default printer.
Go to the Control Panel > click on 'Devices and Printers' > set 'Microsoft XPS Document Writer' as the default printer. Once done, try to open Excel again, and your problem may be resolved.
5. Repair Microsoft Office
Step 1. Go to the 'Control panel' > choose 'Programs and Features'. Find Microsoft Office in the list, right-click it and click the 'Change' button.
Step 2. When you click on the Change option, then an office window appears on the screen. Select 'Quick Repair' > click on the 'Repair' button. Wait for the process to finish.
6. Recompile Macros
You can check for the macros as some users have reported that problematic macros can make Excel stop working.
If the Developer tool is not in the menu bar, you can add it to the menu bar as follows.
Start Excel > click on 'File' > 'Options' > 'Customize Ribbon' > check 'Developer' in the Main Tabs list.
Step 1. Launch Excel and click on 'Developer' > 'Visual Basic'. Go to 'Tools' > 'Options'.
Step 2. In the Options window, switch to the 'General' tab, clear 'Compile on Demand'.
Step 3. In the 'Project' navigation pane, right-click 'Module' and select ‘Insert’ to insert a new module. Then, save your spreadsheet and close Excel. Then, next time you use macros, you shouldn't encounter the Microsoft Excel stops working error.
7. Keep Microsoft Excel Updated
If your Microsoft Office installation is outdated, you’ll probably meet applications working issues, like Excel stops working here, Word not responding, Word keeps crashing when saving, etc. You can possibly resolve this issue by installing the latest MS Office updates.
Step 1. Open any Office app, Word or Excel. Go to 'File' > 'Account'.
Step 2. Under Product Information, choose 'Update Options' > 'Update Now'.
Conclusions
We've covered all the common solutions to Excel stopped working error in this article, and you can try them one by one to resolve the problem. But none of these measures is 100% effective. If you lose your Excel unsaved unluckily, you can resort to the AutoRecovery feature to get back the lost Excel file.
Step 1. Start Microsoft Excel application, click 'File' > 'Recent'.
Step 2. Click 'Recover Unsaved Workbooks' and choose the unsaved Excel.
Step 3. Click the 'Open' button. Then click 'Save As' and save this document into any other safe place.
Part 2. Extra Guide: How to Recover Deleted Excel Files
Other than losing an unsaved Excel document, another hot topic is accidentally deleting saved documents. You may lose the saved Excel file by accidental deletion, hard drive formatting, emptying recycle bin, partition loss, virus attack, and more. Under this circumstance, you need a file recovery tool to help you restore lost files.
EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is a world-wild trusted data recovery program that enables you to restore lost documents, graphics, videos, audio, email, and other files.
Now, download this capable tool to recover deleted Excel file within only three steps. It even allows you to recover files from emptied recycle bin.
Step 1. Specify a location.
Run EaseUS Data Recovery Software. Choose the drive X: or perhaps a specific folder on Desktop or somewhere else where you lost the excel files, and then click 'Scan'.
Step 2. Scan for data.
During the scan, you'll see more and more data showing up very quickly in the 'Deleted files' result. That's part of what the software has found and displayed. To quickly find the Excel files in the massive data in the scan results, click on the 'Filter' on the top area and choose 'Documents'. Or, search .xls or .xlsx in the Search box.
Step 3. Preview and recover.
You can double click on a file to preview its integrity. Finally, select the desired files and click 'Recover'.