Windows 10: Unable to start Excel and Word

I have windows 10 and I have on my machine Office 2016. I have the icons for word, excel and one note on the task bar. One note will open with the usual double click on its icon however neither word nor excel will open without highlighting the icon and selecting open as administrator. I am also experienceing difficulty with some other apps but if I can get this problem solved I will tackel the others later.

Any ideas

Thanks

Dean

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Unable to edit Word documents in Windos 10

Hi,

Thank you for the update.

Word, Excel and PowerPoint are Office applications. There are different Office versions. You may follow the steps below to check which version of Office you are using.

• 
  Go to File Then select Account.
  
• 
  Click on About Word (Which have symbol of question mark).
  

I also suggest you to check multiple versions of Microsoft Office is installed or not in your system. You may follow the steps below:

• 
  Go to Control panel.
  
• 
  Click on programs and features.
  

Please do let us know the version of Office that you are using for further assistance.

 

unable to save files in Excel and Word

Hello,

Thank you for posting your concern here in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

From the description of the issue, I understand that you are unable to save files in Excel and Word.

I would suggest you to follow the below path in Excel and as well as for Word.

File > Options > Trust Centre > Trust Center Settings > Trusted Documents,

Check the option for Allow documents on a network to be trusted

Additionally, also refer to the below link for more information.

Link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/891636

Hope the above information was helpful.

Thank You.

 

ALL OF MY EXCEL & WORD DOC FILES

Hi Daniel,

We would like to know more about your concern. For better assistance, please answer the following questions:

• What is the build and version of your Windows 10?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?
• Are the Excel and Word documents the only files affected?

Regards.