# How to Fix Scrivener Not Responding on Windows 11

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**Author:** Ayushi Chauhan
**Published:** 2022-12-27
**Updated:** 2022-12-27
**Categories:** Blogs
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Scrivener 3 is a word processor for Windows and Mac that was developed by Literature and Latte. Scrivener has been specifically developed to assist fiction and nonfiction authors, screenwriters, journalists, scholars, and others by providing a number of organizational capabilities, formatting options, and goal tracking.

One of the challenges that many writers of large texts have is compiling all of their research and knowledge in an easily accessible fashion. Scrivener may help with this by providing tools for authors to organize concepts, notes, research, images, videos, documents, and more. We have mentioned steps below to**Fix Scrivener Not Responding on Windows 11**

## Ways to Fix Scrivener Not Responding on Windows 11

### Contact Scrivener Support

Navigate to the **Scrivener** support page.

Scroll down to the **BUG REPORTING section a**nd click on the REPORT A BUG option.

Fill out the form and click the **SUBMIT** **button**.

### Run the Compatibility Troubleshooter

Locate the Scrivebner **application** on your desktop and right-click on it.

Then select **“Fix compatibility problems”.**

Now wait for the **troubleshooter** to detect a problem.

In the program **compatibility troubleshooter** window, select Try recommended settings

### Reinstall Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable

Press the**Win + R** keys on your keyboard to bring up the Run dialog box.

Type “**Control Panel**” in the text box and click OK.

Once the Control Panel window opens, click Programs and Features.

Now look for **Microsoft Visual C++Redistributable** and right-click on it.

Select **Reinstall**. **Uninstall** all components of the Microsoft Visual C++ package using these steps.

Next, click the Start menu and type “Command Prompt” in the search bar.

From the results in the left pane of the command prompt, select Run as administrator.

Copy and paste the following **commands**, and press Enter after each command

> “Dism /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup”

Once the program is downloaded, double-click the downloaded file and then follow the on-screen instructions to install it on your PC.

Finally, **restart computer** and check if the problem is fixed.

## Final Words

We hope like our article on How to Fix Scrivener Not Responding on Windows 11. Scrivener facilitates the process. Scrivener was created by authors for writers and is intended to be the only software you need open while writing. This programme accelerates the writing process from idea to published work by providing a flexible range of organisational tools as well as outlining and storyboarding perspectives.

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