A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
For Office sign-in or activation errors, start with these steps:
- Restart the device and try signing in to Word or PowerPoint again. This can help with temporary sign-in issues.
- Update Office:
- Open any Office app.
- Go to File > Account.
- Under Product Information, select Update Options > Update Now.
- If Update Now is not shown, select Enable Updates first, then Update Now.
- If the issue is specifically a Microsoft 365 desktop app sign-in problem, it can be related to the WAM plug-in (AAD.BrokerPlugin) being affected by security software. In that case, these PowerShell commands can be used in user mode PowerShell to repair WAM:
Add-AppxPackage -Register "$env:windir\SystemApps\Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin\_cw5n1h2txyewy\Appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode -ForceApplicationShutdown
Add-AppxPackage -Register "$env:windir\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.CloudExperienceHost\_cw5n1h2txyewy\Appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode -ForceApplicationShutdown
If security software is present, check whether it is interfering with Microsoft 365 sign-in components.
- Error “Something Went Wrong [1001]” signing in to Microsoft 365 Desktop Applications
- I get a "stopped working" error when I start Office applications on my PC
- You may receive an error when running Office 2013 in Windows 10: "We're sorry, but Word has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly."