Word not opening downloaded files

This is MOST LIKLEY by design, and is for good reason. By default, Word doesn’t trust files in temp directories from your browser (nor should it).

However, two ideas come to mind:

• Do a right click ‘Save As’ and save the file to somewhere in your local user
  directory, (Desktop / Documents / Downloads).

OR

• Add just your user profile to the trusted list. (not ideal, but a compromise workaround)

From Word 2010/2013: Click File > Word Options > Trust Center

You could also add the root of your user directory and add subfolders if you’re really having problems.

Note: This doesn’t tell word to trust everything but just anything in your local user profile directory.

Again, if these files are in a browser’s temp directory, you either turn off trust center or you save them to a trusted location, it’s kind of a one or the other kinda deal, as I don’t think trusting your whole user director is the best solution.

@Crussie_M

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As I understand you are unable to open the downloaded word files,

Don’t worry as I’ll be glad to help, however, to provide an accurate resolution, I need a few more details: 

Have you assigned or set a default app for all your .docx format files?

If you haven’t, that’s the reason you have this issue, as it’s not able to auto-detect the program created to open the file and here’s what you need to do:

In Settings, click on the “System” icon, and scroll down to “Default Apps” in the left-hand side menu.
 

Choose Default Apps by File Type

Overall, how you choose to organize your app commands is a matter of personal preference, but certain options such as “Default Apps by File Type” can usually tend to be a bit easier to manage for the average everyday user.
 

To choose which apps launch which types of media or link by the type of file, select the “Choose Default Apps by File Type” option. Here you’ll be greeted by a two-tiered menu, the first containing every file type that Windows 10 is designed to handle, and the second with the list of apps you currently have installed on the machine.
 

Say for example you want to launch .doc, .docx, etc… files in Windows Media Player rather than the in-house Movies app. To change this, just scroll down to “.docx” on the left, and once selected, choose the corresponding application on the right that you’d like to set as the default.

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After troubleshooting Microsoft word it is seen that this error is neither related to the downloading of that particular file nor with the operating system.

It is related to «Trust Center» setting within MS Word itself. Learn how to troubleshoot Microsoft word and get rid of Microsoft error message «Word Experienced An Error Trying To Open The File«.

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When I was trying to open a word file downloaded from email, my MS Word showed me the error message as Word Experienced An Error Trying To Open The File. Initially, I thought it was my mistake that I downloaded the wrong file or something have had happened with the downloaded file. But after troubleshooting Microsoft word I got the solution in «Trust Center«.

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Fix Word Document Experienced Errors Trying to Open the File: If you too getting this error message while opening word file and not able to access it then I recommend you to try these below-given steps to fix it.

1. Open Microsoft Word with BLANK DOCUMENT.

2. Go to File >> Options >> Trust Center.

3. Click on ‘Trust Center Settings…‘

4. Now in the left panel, choose ‘Trusted Locations‘.

5. IMP: On the right panel, click on ‘Add new location…‘ Here, you will get a small window, in path add: ‘C:‘ and check the box ‘Subfolders of this location are also trusted‘. And then click ‘Ok’ button.

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6. Do above step No.5 again for «D:» drive or if you have «E:» and so on. This is an important step as well.

7. Then click ‘Ok’ on ‘Trust Center’ and the ‘Word Option’ window.

8. Now you have to save this Blank document on any drive.

9. Close MS Word and reopen with your desired file.

10. Your problem should get fixed.

Let me know if you still getting this error or if you know something new and easy way than this, you may share it with the comment section below, we would glad to add it on this page.