• Attempt to start Office 2016 programs fails with error 0xc0000142

    Posted on August 24, 2020 at 13:53 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    I’m stumped.

    Any time I try to start one of my Office programs, I get

    I’m running Office Pro Plus 2016 version 16.0.13029.20344 on Win10 version 1909.

    I’ve tried running an sfc /scannow – which reported that it fixed some corrupt files:

    But even after rebooting, I’m still getting the error 0xc0000142.

    I tried a manual run of OfficeClickToRun.exe /update, as admin, and it didn’t help either.

    Any idea what to try next?

    UPDATE: Rebooted again, and Word popped up immediately, no problem. There’s a reason why I’ve switched to Google Docs for just about everything…

    Office
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