When you say the application has stopped working, does that mean that it doesn't start up, or that it starts, runs for a while and then stops? The first two things I would do are: Look into the event viewer to see if your application has crashed and written information to the event log.
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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.
Microsoft Excel 2016 has stopped working when saving
'When I finished working on a complex workbook and tried to save it, Windows reports a 'Microsoft Excel has stopped working' error and doesn't allow any operation on the document. Can this file be saved or recovered? If not, I will lose two hours of work. Please help! I'm using Microsoft Excel 2016.'
Symptoms of Microsoft Excel has stopped working
Microsoft Excel is not responding suddenly and throws an error message says 'Microsoft Excel has stopped working' when closing or saving? This issue occurs frequently on all Microsoft Excel versions like 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016... Coming here, you are offered two options to get rid of this issue: to check online for a solution or close the program.
But, unfortunately, both of the two cannot help at most times. Then is there any other thing you can do to fix Microsoft Excel has stopped working problem and recover unsaved Excel document? The following troubleshooting steps will help!
Troubleshooting Microsoft Excel has stopped working error
Fix#1. Try to open Excel in safe mode and disable add-ins
1) Press the 'Windows+R' key combination, type Excel /safe and press Enter.
2) Go to File --> Options --> Add-in,and then select COM add-ins.
3) Clear the check box if there is an add-in.
Fix#2. Try MS Office Application Recovery
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1) Go to Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office Tools > MS Office Application Recovery.
2) Choose the document that is not responding.
3) Click the option 'Recover Application' to recover it back.
After fixing Microsoft Excel has stopped working error, you can take the following methods to recover the unsaved document.
Recover unsaved document when Microsoft Excel has stopped working
Method 1. Recover unsaved Excel file via AutoRecovery
1) Click File > Tab Recent, check recent used Excel documents and find the non-responding one.
2) Click 'Recover Unsaved Workbooks' and then wait till the Excel document is retrieved.
3) The 'Open' dialog will pop up, open the exact lost Excel document and click 'Save As' to save the document into a safe spot on PC.
Method 2. Recover Excel file with EaseUS file recovery software
Another way you can try to retrieve your lost or unsaved Excel file is using EaseUS file recovery software. Now download and check if it helps or not.
Simple steps for Excel file recovery are as follows:
Step 1. Specify a location
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Run EaseUS Data Recovery Software, firstly, you're asked to choose a location to start. Choose the drive X: or perhaps a specific folder on Desktop or somewhere else, and then click 'Scan'.
Step 2. Scan 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.
Step 3. Preview and recover
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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. Select the desired files and click 'Recover'.