Microsoft Word gives invalid page faults and kernel errors when a conflict occurs with Windows while accessing information. If you receive such errors while opening a particular document, it might be corrupt. To restore lost data, you need to use your recent file backup. In case of any file backup issues, like it is damaged, not updated or not available, Word Repair applications can be used for repair purpose.

As a practical instance, you try to open a Word document or start the application and receive the following error message:

“This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor”

Microsoft Word crashes down after this error message.

Cause

Possible causes of this error are:

•    Low resource issues
•    One or more Windows components are damaged
•    Word document corruption
•    Global template is damaged
•    Application startup issues, such as Registry Data key damage

Solution

To correct this error, try these steps in order:

•    Try restarting Microsoft Word. Most of the IPF errors go away by restarting the application.
•    The issue could be Windows specific. So, you need to ensure if this problem occurs with Microsoft Word only. Troubleshoot Windows if it occurs with other applications as well.
•    If IPF occurs in only Word, you need to test this behavior with certain documents. If one or more documents are damaged, that might show such behavior. You require applying word recovery solutions to correct document corruption (if backup is not available, corrupted or not updated).
•    Try creating a new document based on global template (Normal.dot). If you observe similar behavior as above, global template is damaged. You need to rename the template.
•    To bypass damaged Registry Data key, you can start Word using /a switch and delete the damaged key, thereafter.

Word Repair software are commercial tools that provide safe, automated, and complete file repair for damaged Word documents. Such Word Recovery applications use powerful scanning algorithms that analyze the damaged document and restore it, without affecting the file integrity.

Stellar Phoenix Word Recovery is an advanced utility to repair and restore damaged Word documents. It supports Word Repair for Word 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. It is a graphically rich tool that restores all document objects, like hyperlinks, tables, charts, images, drawings etc. This read only software is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, and NT.