mdworker quit unexpectedly. How to fix it?

Hello to everyone,


When ever I open some specific Microsoft office Word files (using Microsoft Word 2011) in my MBR and I try to save them the system gives me a report "mdworker quit unexpectedly". If I make a new file and I save it then no error is poping up. It only has problem with 5-6 specific files.

Troubleshooting until now:

Until now I have try to save start my laptop and restart it but this didn't work.

I also try to open the same files that I have problem in a different user and there their was no problem at all, I could save them and not report was coming.

I also used the disk utility to repair disk permissions but it also didn't work.

Temporary fix:

The only thing that worked was to exclude the folders that had these files from the spotlight from the privacy settings.


Does anyone knows why this is happening and how I can fix this problem? (Because excluding the folder from the spotlight is not really a solution)


Thank you in advanced!



MBR 15"

2GHz Intel core i7

16GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM

OSX 10.9.5

Microsoft office 2011



MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Oct 12, 2014 5:03 AM

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Oct 12, 2014 11:23 AM in response to komnas

Since the files worked okay in a new user, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account. Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear and again when you log in. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don’t do them all at once.


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