If you cannot open Microsoft Office program files, you can start Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Viso, etc, in Safe Mode in Windows 11/10.

If bugs and issues are preventing you from working on your Excel spreadsheets and Word documents, you may want to try Safe Mode.

Excel safe mode, Outlook safe mode or another program's safe mode can be a good way to restart the program and change configuration settings that are causing issues.

Microsoft Excel: excel.exe /safe Microsoft PowerPoint: powerpnt /safe Microsoft Outlook: outlook.exe /safe If the Office app is launched successfully in Safe mode, there is an Add-in causing the ...

Note: Be aware that this procedure launches Excel in Safe Mode, which means Excel will be subject to the following restrictions: Any options you previously set will not be applied, and while in Safe ...

You can use command-line parameters to launch Microsoft Excel from the Run dialog box or by configuring the command and switches in a desktop shortcut. Launch Excel with command-line switches from ...