Manually rename the Office Document Cache

If your Office Document Cache needs an upgrade or repair, and the upgrade or repair fails, you can create a new cache by manually renaming your existing one.

 Warning    All changes to cache files that are pending upload to a web server will be lost if you manually rename the cache.

Follow these steps to manually rename your file:

1. Close all Office programs.
2. Click the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys to open the Task Manager.
3. On the Processes tab, select MSOSYNC.EXE, click End Process, and then close the Task Manager.
4. Navigate to %userprofile% \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\14.0\ in Microsoft Office 2010 or %userprofile% \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\ in Microsoft Office.
5. Rename or delete the OfficeFileCache folder.

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