Wednesday, October 14, 2015

PowerPoint 2016 or Word 2016 crash or stops working with error while opening files

PowerPoint 2016 crashes while opening certain power point presentations you have received
Word 2016 gives error and crash when opening certain power point presentations

with messages like below:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint has stopped working
A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Please close the program.

Workaround:
1. Save the file on disk
2. Right click on file, select properties (see screenshot below)
3. Select "Unblock" checkbox at the end of the properties box
4. Click OK

After this change, the document should open as normal in power point or word





















Tested in office 2016 on Windows 10

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