Fix: Word is Waiting for Another Application to Complete an OLE Action

Fix: Word is Waiting for Another Application to Complete an OLE Action

While working in Microsoft Word, you may receive an error that Word is waiting for an action to complete.

 

Word is waiting for another application to complete and OLE action.





 

Choose Switch To… and terminate any Adobe Acrobat related process. A common process is called acrord32.exe.

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Guest - LH on Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:06

So glad I came across this - I was working on a draft Word document that I hadn't yet had time to save, and ending the Adobe task enabled me to at least save my work! It still had issues but was at least able to get out of that awful loop. Thank you!

So glad I came across this - I was working on a draft Word document that I hadn't yet had time to save, and ending the Adobe task enabled me to at least save my work! It still had issues but was at least able to get out of that awful loop. Thank you! :)
Guest - Lukasz on Monday, 03 May 2021 11:34

Just go to task menager (alt+ctr+del) end close task: Adobe Reader

Just go to task menager (alt+ctr+del) end close task: Adobe Reader :)
Guest - Tye on Monday, 29 March 2021 11:35

Thank you SO much...saved my life before a presentation.

Thank you SO much...saved my life before a presentation. :)
Guest - Kate McKinley on Thursday, 07 November 2019 00:28

That closed the error notice. Hope it didn't close anything I wanted. Thank you!!

That closed the error notice. Hope it didn't close anything I wanted. Thank you!!
Guest - mazmur on Tuesday, 30 July 2019 22:30

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Guest - Tharindu on Monday, 04 February 2019 11:30

This worked

Thank you

This worked Thank you
Guest - Heidi on Friday, 30 November 2018 13:33

This did not work for me. When I choose 'Switch To', the box disappears for a moment and then comes back. I have to shut the computer down completely to get rid of it!

This did not work for me. When I choose 'Switch To', the box disappears for a moment and then comes back. :( I have to shut the computer down completely to get rid of it!
Guest - Daniel Iulian Mihai on Wednesday, 24 July 2019 08:51

It didn't work for me either. But then I noticed Excel had a pop up window waiting for a response, and I was also trying to work with Excel in Word. So maybe you can look for other apps to close, apps that you interacted with when getting this error. Hope this helps.

It didn't work for me either. But then I noticed Excel had a pop up window waiting for a response, and I was also trying to work with Excel in Word. So maybe you can look for other apps to close, apps that you interacted with when getting this error. Hope this helps.
Guest - KSujay on Monday, 09 November 2020 21:47

Yes, this did it for me! Was trying to insert an Excel workbook into Word, so closing Excel did the trick for me

Yes, this did it for me! Was trying to insert an Excel workbook into Word, so closing Excel did the trick for me
Guest - Kimberly on Thursday, 28 June 2018 22:39

This worked for me. Thank you!

This worked for me. Thank you!
Guest - Natasha on Wednesday, 13 June 2018 23:12

Thank you so much.... I terminated Adobe on Task Manager too - Mission Accomplished.

Thank you so much.... I terminated Adobe on Task Manager too - Mission Accomplished.
Guest - Paul on Friday, 18 May 2018 14:15

That is what worked! Thank you so much!!!

That is what worked! Thank you so much!!!
Guest - Christian on Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:07

Thank you --- I had to terminate Adobe Acrobat in the TASK MANAGER but it worked

Thank you --- I had to terminate Adobe Acrobat in the TASK MANAGER but it worked :p
Guest - Andy Sparks on Thursday, 05 October 2017 13:57

Yes! Thanks to the termination answer.

Yes! Thanks to the termination answer.
Guest - abhijit joshi on Sunday, 03 September 2017 09:29

use close button at the top. it worked for me.

use close button at the top. it worked for me.
Guest - Steve Kelly on Wednesday, 09 August 2017 10:54

You are a lifesaver!!!!!

You are a lifesaver!!!!!
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