[butter]

When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just highlights
the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it. All other menu's
work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Jay Freedman]

Go to Tools Customize Toolbars. Select "Menu Bar" in the list and click
the Reset button.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

butter wrote:
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it.
All other menu's work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Jay Freedman]

Go to Tools Customize Toolbars. Select "Menu Bar" in the list and click
the Reset button.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

butter wrote:
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it.
All other menu's work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just highlights
the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it. All other menu's
work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just highlights
the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it. All other menu's
work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.

[butter]

I have tried this but it did not work. Thanks for the suggestion. Any other
ideas?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Go to Tools Customize Toolbars. Select "Menu Bar" in the list and click
the Reset button.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

butter wrote:
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it.
All other menu's work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.

[butter]

I have tried this but it did not work. Thanks for the suggestion. Any other
ideas?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Go to Tools Customize Toolbars. Select "Menu Bar" in the list and click
the Reset button.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

butter wrote:
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it.
All other menu's work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.

[Jay Freedman]

As Stefan suggested in another reply to your original post, try
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:39:01 -0800, butter
wrote:

I have tried this but it did not work. Thanks for the suggestion. Any other
ideas?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Go to Tools Customize Toolbars. Select "Menu Bar" in the list and click
the Reset button.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

butter wrote:
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it.
All other menu's work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.

[Jay Freedman]

As Stefan suggested in another reply to your original post, try
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:39:01 -0800, butter
wrote:

I have tried this but it did not work. Thanks for the suggestion. Any other
ideas?

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Go to Tools Customize Toolbars. Select "Menu Bar" in the list and click
the Reset button.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

butter wrote:
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it.
All other menu's work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.

[butter]

Using the winword.exe /a works when launching Word but if I close Word and
double click on a file it fails again. I tried deleting the Data registry
key and relaunched Word but still no luck. The Data registry was not
re-created.

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just highlights
the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it. All other menu's
work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.

[butter]

Using the winword.exe /a works when launching Word but if I close Word and
double click on a file it fails again. I tried deleting the Data registry
key and relaunched Word but still no luck. The Data registry was not
re-created.

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just highlights
the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it. All other menu's
work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Are you on a corporate network? If so, you may not have write access to the
registry.

If this is a home computer, or at least a computer where you are the
Administrator, you could try deleting the whole Word key in the registry
instead.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
Using the winword.exe /a works when launching Word but if I close Word and
double click on a file it fails again. I tried deleting the Data registry
key and relaunched Word but still no luck. The Data registry was not
re-created.

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights
the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it. All other
menu's
work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Are you on a corporate network? If so, you may not have write access to the
registry.

If this is a home computer, or at least a computer where you are the
Administrator, you could try deleting the whole Word key in the registry
instead.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
Using the winword.exe /a works when launching Word but if I close Word and
double click on a file it fails again. I tried deleting the Data registry
key and relaunched Word but still no luck. The Data registry was not
re-created.

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights
the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it. All other
menu's
work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.

[butter]

I am on a corporate network. If I delete the entire Word key will I need to
reinstall?

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Are you on a corporate network? If so, you may not have write access to the
registry.

If this is a home computer, or at least a computer where you are the
Administrator, you could try deleting the whole Word key in the registry
instead.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
Using the winword.exe /a works when launching Word but if I close Word and
double click on a file it fails again. I tried deleting the Data registry
key and relaunched Word but still no luck. The Data registry was not
re-created.

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights
the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it. All other
menu's
work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.



.

[butter]

I am on a corporate network. If I delete the entire Word key will I need to
reinstall?

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Are you on a corporate network? If so, you may not have write access to the
registry.

If this is a home computer, or at least a computer where you are the
Administrator, you could try deleting the whole Word key in the registry
instead.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
Using the winword.exe /a works when launching Word but if I close Word and
double click on a file it fails again. I tried deleting the Data registry
key and relaunched Word but still no luck. The Data registry was not
re-created.

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights
the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it. All other
menu's
work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.



.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

I don't see why a reinstall should be required. On the other hand, if your
account doesn't have the proper rights to recreate the registry entries, I'm
not sure what would happen. :-( With the company, is there an
Administrator who could assist you?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
I am on a corporate network. If I delete the entire Word key will I need
to
reinstall?

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Are you on a corporate network? If so, you may not have write access to
the
registry.

If this is a home computer, or at least a computer where you are the
Administrator, you could try deleting the whole Word key in the registry
instead.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
Using the winword.exe /a works when launching Word but if I close Word
and
double click on a file it fails again. I tried deleting the Data
registry
key and relaunched Word but still no luck. The Data registry was not
re-created.

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights
the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it. All other
menu's
work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.



.

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

I don't see why a reinstall should be required. On the other hand, if your
account doesn't have the proper rights to recreate the registry entries, I'm
not sure what would happen. :-( With the company, is there an
Administrator who could assist you?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
I am on a corporate network. If I delete the entire Word key will I need
to
reinstall?

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Are you on a corporate network? If so, you may not have write access to
the
registry.

If this is a home computer, or at least a computer where you are the
Administrator, you could try deleting the whole Word key in the registry
instead.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
Using the winword.exe /a works when launching Word but if I close Word
and
double click on a file it fails again. I tried deleting the Data
registry
key and relaunched Word but still no luck. The Data registry was not
re-created.

Brian

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"butter" wrote in message
...
When in Word I am unable to open/expand the file menu. It just
highlights
the word "File" but nothing happens when I click on it. All other
menu's
work just fine.

I have ran a detect/repair but that did not work.

Any help would be appreciated.


.



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