Is there any way to stop Word 2003 from making such a grand purple fuss after it
crashes? In prior versions I could delete the temp-file debris, relaunch, and
be back to work in under 30 seconds. Now I must [1] listen to its plaintive
whimper about sending an error report, AND [2] endure the pointless (for me)
task pane that insists on me confirming that I want to reopen the recovered
files. It's like an old lady smothering a kid who's scraped his knee, refusing
to let him return to the playground right away.

Both of these processes happen quite slowly on my (new and very fast) machine.
I can't think of an instance when I *wouldn't* want to reopen what I was working
on and get back to business, but I'd rather do it without grandma serving it to
me on a doily. Is there a switch or registry hack somewhere that'll cut that
stuff out, or at least speed it up?

TIA

------------
Mark Tangard
"Life is nothing if you're not obsessed." --John Waters

From Windows Help -
To disable error reporting

1.. Open System in Control Panel.
2.. On the Advanced tab, click Error Reporting.
3.. Click Disable error reporting.


The autorecovery task pane is something you will have to live with, but at
least now autorecovery does at least work a tad more reliably.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org





Mark Tangard wrote:
Is there any way to stop Word 2003 from making such a grand purple
fuss after it crashes? In prior versions I could delete the
temp-file debris, relaunch, and be back to work in under 30 seconds.
Now I must [1] listen to its plaintive whimper about sending an error
report, AND [2] endure the pointless (for me) task pane that insists
on me confirming that I want to reopen the recovered files. It's
like an old lady smothering a kid who's scraped his knee, refusing to
let him return to the playground right away.

Both of these processes happen quite slowly on my (new and very fast)
machine. I can't think of an instance when I *wouldn't* want to
reopen what I was working on and get back to business, but I'd rather
do it without grandma serving it to me on a doily. Is there a switch
or registry hack somewhere that'll cut that stuff out, or at least
speed it up?

TIA

------------
Mark Tangard
"Life is nothing if you're not obsessed." --John Waters

Mark

And from Word, Help, Customer Feedback options, uncheck the appropriate
boxes too.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Mark Tangard" wrote in message
...
: Is there any way to stop Word 2003 from making such a grand purple fuss
after it
: crashes? In prior versions I could delete the temp-file debris, relaunch,
and
: be back to work in under 30 seconds. Now I must [1] listen to its
plaintive
: whimper about sending an error report, AND [2] endure the pointless (for
me)
: task pane that insists on me confirming that I want to reopen the
recovered
: files. It's like an old lady smothering a kid who's scraped his knee,
refusing
: to let him return to the playground right away.
:
: Both of these processes happen quite slowly on my (new and very fast)
machine.
: I can't think of an instance when I *wouldn't* want to reopen what I was
working
: on and get back to business, but I'd rather do it without grandma serving
it to
: me on a doily. Is there a switch or registry hack somewhere that'll cut
that
: stuff out, or at least speed it up?
:
: TIA
:
: ------------
: Mark Tangard
: "Life is nothing if you're not obsessed." --John Waters
:

Thanks, Graham and Terry. Any time savings at all is a huge help for us.

MT

TF wrote:
Mark

And from Word, Help, Customer Feedback options, uncheck the appropriate
boxes too.

It's like an old lady smothering a kid who's scraped his knee, refusing

to let him return to the playground right away.

Must be a old lady living in the past. The legal savvy would contact
an attorney and file a lawsuit before letting junior back on the
playground :-)