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My brother also has Word 2003. Suddenly his Word icon has disappeared from
his desktop and when he tries to arrange a shortcut from the Programs he is
getting an icon which does not seem right. It sounds as if it is a locked
icon and is greyed over. I think he must have hit something by accident. He
can still get into Word documents he has done but cannot raise a new word
document. Can anyone help. I'm sure it must only be something simple.
Thankyou
Mary Hendrie
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
 
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Default Word icon disappeared - Seems to indicate Safe Lock

Tell your brother to use Windows Find or Search to look for winword.exe
(he'll need to include hidden and system files or folders in the search).
When he finds it, he can create a shortcut to that file and put it on his
desktop or Quick Launch bar.

From the sound of it, he still has Word listed on his Programs menu. Can he
open the program from there?

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My brother also has Word 2003. Suddenly his Word icon has disappeared from
his desktop and when he tries to arrange a shortcut from the Programs he

is
getting an icon which does not seem right. It sounds as if it is a locked
icon and is greyed over. I think he must have hit something by accident.

He
can still get into Word documents he has done but cannot raise a new word
document. Can anyone help. I'm sure it must only be something simple.
Thankyou
Mary Hendrie


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