MS Word - can not save document - NOT RESPONDING

Try emptying both your temp and Internet cache. Do this by:

Exit Word

Start, type %temp% and press Enter.

You should see all the files in your Temp folder.

Press CTRL-A to select all

Press Shift-Delete and delete as many as possible. If you get a message box, choose Skip

Next, go to Control Panel, Internet Options

Click the Delete button under Browsing History and click the Delete Files and the Delete History buttons.

Try a Save As. If this still doesn't work, let me know.

Thank you. I did what you adviced....no success. same thing: NOT RESPONDING when I try to "save as".

Also, I was thinking about it that maybe the problem is too many "available files" under "document recovery".

How can I empty that box? (btw when I try to close that box, it is the same: NOT RESPONDING)

Do you have any idea?

Thank you so much. I cant live without "MSword", and I dont have $ fro a new computer...

Try Start, type winword /a and press Enter. Can you save a document now? If so, you have an add-in that is faulty. Let me know and I'll give you steps to fix it.

Also, you may want to look at deleting two registry keys, one for Data and another for Options. The steps are listed here.

To show our recovery documents, click start, type %appdata%\microsoft\word and press Enter. They should be visible

HI,

I did the first thing you wrote (winword /a) - No success.

I strated to do the "delete" process, but I dont see DATA....so I cant finish it.

4.Click Data, and then click Export on the File menu. Where is DATA?

Anyway: I talked to a DELL guy again, he said that this is probably a "compatibility issue" between a Windows update and MS Word. We restored the computer (went back before the last Windows update installation, 2 weeks), but it did not solve anything. His advice was to buy an external harddrive and then reinstall windows....

Is there any less "radical" solution?

Also: If I write something in "wordpad" can I open it in other computers? I need something to work...I am a teacher and have to create many tests and quizzes....

Thanks for you help!

OH, I just realized that didn't leave space between winword and /. Now I tried again and I CAN SAVE AS!!!!!!!

Thank you soooooo much.

So I ahve an "faulty add-in"....no clue what is it.....but i am happy you solved the problem.

THANK YOU! What do I have to do? 

Start Word. Click the Office button, then click the Word Options button. Select Add-ins on the left object bar. On the bottom of the Add-in window, make sure COM Add-ins is in the Manage drop down list, the click Go. Let me know what is listed.

hi,

I started word (just clicking on the icon on desktop) and when I pressed go it was just spinning....not responding.

Then I sarted word with "winword /a", and after "go" now I have 2 lines in the box:

"Aware MS Office add in"  and "Google deskptop office add in" 

Thanks for your help. What should I do now?

Remove both check marks and see if the problem is solved. If  not, I have another suggestion.

The first one CANNOT BE CHANGED.

I took away the check mark from the "google".

I staretd word, but after trying "save as".....NOT RESPONDING.

:-( 

Have you tried deleting the normal template?

Start, type

%userprofile%\application data\microsoft\templates 

Press Enter

Rename any normal files to normalold

Start Word and see if the problem is gone, If not, you may want to try the following: 

There is a manual way to remove the add-in, but it involves editing the registry. If you feel comfortable doing this, then

Start, type regedit, press Enter, click Continue.

Look for the following key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word

Double click Word to view the Add-ins

Double click Add-ins to view the list of Add-ins for Word

Find the Aware add-in and click it

On the right column, fine the LoadBehavior entry

Right click LoadBehavior and choose Modify

Change the value from 3 to 0

Exit the registry editor

Start Word. Is the problem gone?

Hi again,

thanks for the 2 possible solutions....unfortunately none of them worked.

Do I have to change back 0 to 3? Also, do I need to put back the checkmark to "google"?

At least that "winword /a" works for new documents.

Any other possible idea?

Thank you for spending the time with this! 

Since the change to zero didn't help, you can put the value back to 3, although I still don't know what the Aware item is.

Something is causing this when Word loads. Have you tried all the suggestions < here > ?

Don't change it back. I don't like the sound of that add-in....

Excellent. Now you can get back to a normal life....

( I hate it when software doesn't work )

Is it OK if I dont change back 0 to 3 ? (I just dont want mess with the registry anymore....it is scary to me)

Thsi was my last question,

Thank you for your help and time!