See the article "Problems opening Word" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...peningWord.htm


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"Sara Verlinden" Sara wrote in message
...
When starting Word in Windows XP, it either wants to start in Safe mode,
or
it takes 30 minutes to start up. I have gone through the Microsoft support
page on troubleshooting (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259413/en-us)
without success. I have run the Office repair programme and have
re-installed
everything, but still no changes. The only way to start up easily is
through
the Run command with /a added to it. Is anybody able to help this poor
student?