File left in will... unable to open...not a technical expert

[CrushedSon]

Thanks @Snoopy for responding.
My laptop is
System Model HP Spectre x360 Convertible 13
64 bit Windows Version 10.0.19043 Build 19043
Processor: Intel Core i7-5500U CPU@2.40GHz, 2401 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processors
8GB ram
Video Adapter Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500

The file is a .DOC not a .DOCX so the 7zip method did not give any useful information.  It just showed these files (with fn.doc being the document in question):
1Table
Data
fn.doc
hash.txt
office2john.py
[1]CompObj
[5]DocumentSummaryInformation
[5]SummaryInformation
WordDocument

If you could provide a link to a current and large word list, I would appreciate it.  Even on github, I keep finding dead links.

Thanks.

what kind of laptop do you have, using plain windows + hashcat will most likely work smoother and faster than using any kind of virtual machine on top of your running os

hashcat 5.1 is old, very old, actual 6.2.5

dont use --force !!!

your wordlist is small, just 5041 pw multiplied with your rules, so hashcat tried every given password+rules and didnt find the pass

try open the docx with 7zip and take a look at the filecontent, or just make a copy of your file and change the ending docx to zip and see whether your file opens or not (depends on encrypted or not)

next approach would be using another dictionary or switch to bruteforce