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word docs don't open directly with double click
Operating system XP €“ Media center edition
Dell dimension 5150 €“ about 2 ½ years old MS office (word) 2003 with SP2 This problem is new .. started about 3 weeks ago and is intermittent, though as time goes on the problem occurs more often. 1. I open My Documents 2. I open a Folder 3. Within the Folder I select and open a specific Word document 4. Word opens, but the screen is grey (no document shows) 5. At that point I can go to File, i. Open €¦ 1. which basically takes me back to the whole list of Folders in My Documents €¦ re-open the folder and re-select the document Anyone know what might be wrong and how I might fix this? |
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word docs don't open directly with double click
Hi ?B?ZHNqcg==?=,
Try running "Detect and repair" from Word's Tools menu (I think that's where it is - been a while since I looked at that interface). Operating system XP €“ Media center edition Dell dimension 5150 €“ about 2 ½ years old MS office (word) 2003 with SP2 This problem is new .. started about 3 weeks ago and is intermittent, though as time goes on the problem occurs more often. 1. I open My Documents 2. I open a Folder 3. Within the Folder I select and open a specific Word document 4. Word opens, but the screen is grey (no document shows) 5. At that point I can go to File, i. Open €¦ 1. which basically takes me back to the whole list of Folders in My Documents €¦ re-open the folder and re-select the document Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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thanks, Cindy .... I have done that now ... I'll post in a few days to say if
it solved the problem Debra "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?ZHNqcg==?=, Try running "Detect and repair" from Word's Tools menu (I think that's where it is - been a while since I looked at that interface). Operating system XP €€œ Media center edition Dell dimension 5150 €€œ about 2 ½ years old MS office (word) 2003 with SP2 This problem is new .. started about 3 weeks ago and is intermittent, though as time goes on the problem occurs more often. 1. I open My Documents 2. I open a Folder 3. Within the Folder I select and open a specific Word document 4. Word opens, but the screen is grey (no document shows) 5. At that point I can go to File, i. Open €¦ 1. which basically takes me back to the whole list of Folders in My Documents €¦ re-open the folder and re-select the document Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hi,
Solution 1: The problem could be with the registry settings. Re-register it. (This is a general test) First try open the word from, Start - Run - Type winword /r - click OK. To Re-register your registry, Insert the original Office installation disc. Run setup and repair the installation. This will make the same registry changes that re-registering applies. Solution 2: Sometimes the AVG will cause this kind of conflicts with word files. If you have AVG installed, Try uninstall and re-install it. Thank you, Saravanan ---- -- ---- "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?ZHNqcg==?=, Try running "Detect and repair" from Word's Tools menu (I think that's where it is - been a while since I looked at that interface). Operating system XP €€œ Media center edition Dell dimension 5150 €€œ about 2 ½ years old MS office (word) 2003 with SP2 This problem is new .. started about 3 weeks ago and is intermittent, though as time goes on the problem occurs more often. 1. I open My Documents 2. I open a Folder 3. Within the Folder I select and open a specific Word document 4. Word opens, but the screen is grey (no document shows) 5. At that point I can go to File, i. Open €¦ 1. which basically takes me back to the whole list of Folders in My Documents €¦ re-open the folder and re-select the document Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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word docs don't open directly with double click
thanks Saravanan ... I will give it a couple of days to see if detect and
repair solved the problem .. if not, try this Debra "Saravanan" wrote: Hi, Solution 1: The problem could be with the registry settings. Re-register it. (This is a general test) First try open the word from, Start - Run - Type winword /r - click OK. To Re-register your registry, Insert the original Office installation disc. Run setup and repair the installation. This will make the same registry changes that re-registering applies. Solution 2: Sometimes the AVG will cause this kind of conflicts with word files. If you have AVG installed, Try uninstall and re-install it. Thank you, Saravanan ---- -- ---- "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?ZHNqcg==?=, Try running "Detect and repair" from Word's Tools menu (I think that's where it is - been a while since I looked at that interface). Operating system XP €€œ Media center edition Dell dimension 5150 €€œ about 2 ½ years old MS office (word) 2003 with SP2 This problem is new .. started about 3 weeks ago and is intermittent, though as time goes on the problem occurs more often. 1. I open My Documents 2. I open a Folder 3. Within the Folder I select and open a specific Word document 4. Word opens, but the screen is grey (no document shows) 5. At that point I can go to File, i. Open €¦ 1. which basically takes me back to the whole list of Folders in My Documents €¦ re-open the folder and re-select the document Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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word docs don't open directly with double click
Hey Cindy .... well it has been a few days and the jury is still out. About
95% of the time word docs open as they should. 5% of the time I get the grey screen but, instead of needing to go file open, if I simply close the document and reopen, all is good. Thanks again d "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?ZHNqcg==?=, Try running "Detect and repair" from Word's Tools menu (I think that's where it is - been a while since I looked at that interface). Operating system XP €€œ Media center edition Dell dimension 5150 €€œ about 2 ½ years old MS office (word) 2003 with SP2 This problem is new .. started about 3 weeks ago and is intermittent, though as time goes on the problem occurs more often. 1. I open My Documents 2. I open a Folder 3. Within the Folder I select and open a specific Word document 4. Word opens, but the screen is grey (no document shows) 5. At that point I can go to File, i. Open €¦ 1. which basically takes me back to the whole list of Folders in My Documents €¦ re-open the folder and re-select the document Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Saravanan .... I am still testing out Cindy's solution ... if need be I will
try this, though (but it sounds like lots more work!) thanks d "Saravanan" wrote: Hi, Solution 1: The problem could be with the registry settings. Re-register it. (This is a general test) First try open the word from, Start - Run - Type winword /r - click OK. To Re-register your registry, Insert the original Office installation disc. Run setup and repair the installation. This will make the same registry changes that re-registering applies. Solution 2: Sometimes the AVG will cause this kind of conflicts with word files. If you have AVG installed, Try uninstall and re-install it. Thank you, Saravanan ---- -- ---- "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?ZHNqcg==?=, Try running "Detect and repair" from Word's Tools menu (I think that's where it is - been a while since I looked at that interface). Operating system XP €€œ Media center edition Dell dimension 5150 €€œ about 2 ½ years old MS office (word) 2003 with SP2 This problem is new .. started about 3 weeks ago and is intermittent, though as time goes on the problem occurs more often. 1. I open My Documents 2. I open a Folder 3. Within the Folder I select and open a specific Word document 4. Word opens, but the screen is grey (no document shows) 5. At that point I can go to File, i. Open €¦ 1. which basically takes me back to the whole list of Folders in My Documents €¦ re-open the folder and re-select the document Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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