Microsoft Word 2013 keeps crashing - Microsoft Community

hello have had microsoft 2013 on windows 8 laptop 2 years , has been fine until recently. whenever try open it, crashes in less second. applies , old documents , downloaded documents. have tried using "winword.exe /a" open, crashes. rebooting laptop doesn't solve issue. how may fix this?

does problem still occur if start word in safe mode holding down ctrl key while starting until asked confirm want start in mode?

if not, see section dealing add-ins in knowledgebase article "how troubleshoot problems occur when start or use word" at:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/921541

Office / Word / Windows 8 / Office 2013