Word for Windows: "Zotero experienced an error updating your document"

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  • dstillman Zotero Team
    See my message immediately before yours.
  • Hello : My ID is 1527446607
    I have the same issue, updating Zotero does not fix it as well as reinstalling Word plug-in, updating Word and closing+reopening everything. I'm stuck and I do not know what to do anymore to fix this problem.
  • Im getting the same error:

    microsoft office home and sudent 2019 version 2508 (build 19127.20302) zotero 7.0.32

    How do i fix this? I really need to get back to working
  • Manon, @ncamil: Same answer as above. Upgrade to Zotero 9.0.5.
  • @dstillman is it expected to take long to download/apply updates please? It's already been 45 minutes... I also lost the whole reference list which disappeared from the end of my document. When highlighting in-text, refs still get greyed out, Document Preferences opens and still says Vancouver style, Zotero itself opens normally, ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION is visible when pressing alt F9, one citation may also have become corrupted before this update. Kindly help/advise. I need to submit soon and was nearing completion.
  • edited today at 10:58am
    45min is too long. Close it. Restart Zotero. Usually it finishes the update then. Otherwise, just download and install on top.

    If your bibliography was lost, just reinsert it again.
  • @damnation, thank you so much for your input. Thankfully I'd managed after stopping it 2 hours in and restarting everything. Wasnt sure if i should.. It clearly froze. Back to working finally :) truly appreciate though :)
  • I have tried to run the update for Zotero and it has apparently been working for several hours. I have re-started Zotero three or four times, closed the whole laptop down. tried a manual re-start and it still shows as updating !!

    No idea what is going on ! HELP
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    Just reinstall the app from the download page if the updater isn’t working for you. Your data won’t be affected.
  • Hello. Please i have the same problem.
    My Report ID is: 2022251346


    Windows, Microsoft Word, Zotero 7.0.9 (64-bit).

    When I click "Add/Edit Citation" in Word, I immediately receive the message:

    "Zotero experienced an error updating your document. Would you like to review troubleshooting options?"

    The problem occurs even in a new blank document. I have already reinstalled the Microsoft Word add-in from Zotero (Settings → Cite → Word Processors), but the issue remains.

  • @elkanawie: As explained above, you need to upgrade to Zotero 9.0.5. You're on an outdated version of Zotero from 2024.
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    edited 7 minutes ago
    I'm going to close this thread, since there's nothing else to say here. This was caused by a Microsoft security update and is fixed in Zotero 9.0.5:

    https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/comment/513908/#Comment_513908

    If you're still getting this error, make sure you're running Zotero 9.0.5. If Help → "Check for Updates…" isn't working, and you've tried restarting Zotero, close Zotero and reinstall Zotero 9.0.5 from the download page. Your data won't be affected either way.

    If you're getting an error in Zotero 9.0.5, that would be an unrelated problem and you should start a new thread with a Report ID.
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