In the short tutorial I said this: “Using this workaround has one downside. The same tutorials, but with screenshots for the dummies among us. If the error no longer shows up, then your normal.dot was most likely corrupted. If you restart Microsoft Word now a new normal.dot file will be created. \\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates Or Copy/paste the location in File Explorer.
Close all your Microsoft Office application (Word, Outlook, etc.).Renaming normal.dot and let Microsoft Word figure it out by himself. Uncheck the box Prompt to save Normal template.Scroll down until you find the heading Save.Make sure you’ve opened Microsoft Word.If you do use templates and you want to save them Microsoft Word wont prompt for this. Why wouldn’t we just turn off the question? The brief explanation for the techies among us. The tutorial consists of a brief explanation for the techies among us, and 2 longer explanations with screenshots for the dummies among us. I have 2 different solutions in the tutorial below, the renaming of normal.dot was the solution for me. The annoyance of this error message is, even if you press save or don’t save, the error keeps coming back. Changes have been made that affect the global template, Normal.dot.
