Top 5 fixes for Excel 2013 has stopped working also works for Word Powerpoint Outlook Recently Ive started encountering a particularly annoying problem with Office 2013. Every time Id open Excel 2013 under Windows 8, it would crash instantly, leaving me a message: " Excel 2013 has stopped working ". I looked around and found a few solutions, but nothing worked for me. Eventually, I managed to fix the problem all by myself. Im going to describe the steps that Ive tried here. Note that this post is also valid for messages such as: Word 2013 has stopped working Powerpoint 2013 has stopped working Excel 2013 has stopped working Outlook 2013 has stopped working Office 2013 has stopped working (insert any other Office tool here). Most of these solutions are also valid for Office 2007 and Office 2010 applications . Solution 1: change the default printer This solution fixed all my problems, so Im going to describe it first. Also its the simplest! Try this first before anything else, ...