How to fix MS-Excel for Mac ‘The app gets close, all of the certain’ error
by Shery Williams
Published Tue, Jul 10th 2018, 14:32 | Computers
Are you looking for the solution to fix MS-Excel for Mac error like the app gets close, all of certain? Then look for this article for the same.
When you start using MS-Excel for Mac or you’re trying your hand to open a new Excel worksheet then you may encounter some issues like-
The program gets close all of a certain.
You receive an error message on your screen like the app (MS-Excel) stop/close all of certain. But Mac OS X and other apps aren’t affected. Moreover, clicking on the option ‘Relaunch’ to launch the app, again. To see all the details or send a report to Apple just click on the option ‘Report’.
So, to solve out this issues all you need is to follow certain steps as listed below, depending on the version of Office setup for Mac.
You need to quit all the programs and close all Windows
Select the ‘Force Quit’ option from the Apple menu bar.
Choose an application in the ‘Force Quit Applications’ window.
Note- You’re not eligible to quit Finder.
Click on the option ‘Force Quit’.
Repeat the steps from ( i to iii) for all the apps that are causing issues until and unless you exit all the active apps
You need to remove MS-Excel preferences and MS-Office settings
Check whether all MS-Office for Mac programs is closed.
Open the root/hidden Library folder on the ‘Go’ menu bar.
Note- The Library folder is hidden in Mac OSX Yosemite. And to display this folder, you need to select on the ‘Go’ menu bar then hold down the ‘Option’ key.
Open the ‘Group Containers’ folder.
Search the folder whose name ends with ‘. Office’ and try to open it.
You need to look for the ‘Com.microsoft.officeprefs.plist’ file in the folder.
You need to delete this particular file by placing it on the trash.
Tips-This will delete the Office setup preferences that have been set during the initial stage of the app.
Reboot the application to check whether the issues still persist or not. If it still remains then go for deleting the entire folder which you receive in step (iv).
Tips- This deletion will help you with the deleting all the previous settings and preferences that were all set across the entire app. They will also reset Office back to the initial set up.
For launching any of the Office products on your system you need to visit Office.com/setup link.
Perform clean reboot of your system
To know how to clean the Operating System (OS), search for the correct steps on the internet. If the problem still persists then go with the next step.
Uninstall and reinstall MS-Office apps
Look for the correct steps to uninstall and reinstall Office apps by following the correct steps. If the issues still remain or continue to come up in Safe mode then follow the next step.
Go with the ‘Repair Disk Permissions’ feature
You can try to use the ‘Repair Disk Permissions’ feature to solve the issues with Mac OS X 10.2 or later versions. Follow the steps as listed below to use the Repair Disk Permissions feature-
Select the ‘Utilities’ on the ‘Go’ menu bar.
Commence with the Disk Utility program.
Choose the primary hard disk drive from your system.
Select ‘Repair Disk Permissions’ from the ‘First Aid’ tab.
Note- The Disk Utility program only repairs the software that has been installed by Apple as well as the folder like Applications folder. But it doesn’t repair the software that is there in the ‘home folder’.
Source : office.com/setup
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Shery Williams has been writing technical articles, She loves to write on antivirus software, web browsers, operating systems like Windows, Mac and more. In all her articles, she tries to make her readers updated with the latest changes happening around the technology world.
