Vectorworks affecting MS Office programs???

[jstroming]

This is probably going to sound crazy...but ever since I upgraded to VW2022 I have been having nothing but problems with MS Office, and I believe it has to do with Vectorworks. Today I was working in VW and opened a Word document that has nothing to do with Vectorworks, and I got the error message in the attached image. The message specifically says something about Vectorworks, yet this Word document is a calendar I use for scheduling and has nothing to do with Vectorworks, and the file becomes permanently corrupted. Opening them on another computer or reinstalling Word does nothing to fix the files. This has happened to me several times.

 

The same thing has happened with Excel documents I am opening when Vectorworks is open; it permanently corrupts the file. Files that opened just minutes earlier become corrupt when I attempt to open them and when Vectorworks is open.

 

Is this something anyone has ever heard of before?

[Jeff Prince]

It’s not as crazy as it sounds.  When I started using Vectorworks, it took me weeks to find out a conflict between MS Outlook and  Filemaker resulted in the color of my plant database text turning invisible was due to the new email notification message.

[E|FA]

https://www.vectorworks.net/support/bugsubmit

 

It might help, but it's usually a dark void.  I would recommend calling in to tech support, if you don't get a quick answer on the forum.

Edited March 30, 2022 by E|FA

[JuanP]

@jstroming From the image posted, it looks exactly the same as when a .vwx file is open in a text editor, in this case, MS Word. I would like to test the file if you can share it via jalmansa@vectorworks.net.

 

thanks,

[jstroming]

Hi Juan, I sent the file to you, Thanks!

[jstroming]

This is a major issue and is continually happening to me. How is no one else having this issue??? It is mostly happening with Excel, occasionally with Word.