Office 10

[Ceja89palben]

When trying to open a .DOCX file in Word 2010 I receive the following error message:

“there was an error opening the file.”

What can be causing this to happen?

 

[Tim Locke]

Every .DOCX file or just one particular one? Try renaming the file to .DOC and see if it opens correctly.

 

[Trouble]

Hello and welcome to the forum.
Assuming that the file is not actually corrupt then sometimes it has to do with a permission issue.
Right click the .docx file and choose properties.
From the top select the "Security" tab
Examine the area labeled "Group or user names:"
IF your account name is not present, then....
Use the "Advanced" button to add it and explicitly grant your account full control of the file.

 

[sundance]

Try to resolve this issue, follow the steps below:

1. Close any applications that are running.

2. Open an elevated command prompt. To do this, click Start , click All Programs , click Accessories , right-clickCommand Prompt, and then click Run as administrator . If you are prompted for an administrator password or for a confirmation, type the password, or click Allow .

3. Type the following:
regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\system32\ole32.dll and then click OK.

4. When you receive the message "DllRegisterServer in ole32.dll succeeded.", click OK:

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