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Pulldown Menus Problem
I'm using Office 2003 on WinXP Pro SP2 + all Updates that I know of. This started about 4 weeks ago and the problem is that the checkbox for 'Show full menus all the time' keeps clearing itself when the program is closed (Word, Publisher and Outlook 2003). I thought it might have to do with CCleaner, even though I had 'de-clicked' Office completely. I have since done a reformat and clean install of all the usual programs, except CCleaner and I still have the problem. I do a clean format and reinstall about every 12-14 months, and have never seen this problem before. Anyone have an Idea why this checkbox won't stick??? Thanks in Advance!!! Eddie in Loveland "Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with." |
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Are other changes to defaults (such as changing the default font or default
page margins) saved correctly? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "F. Edwin Felty" wrote in message ... I'm using Office 2003 on WinXP Pro SP2 + all Updates that I know of. This started about 4 weeks ago and the problem is that the checkbox for 'Show full menus all the time' keeps clearing itself when the program is closed (Word, Publisher and Outlook 2003). I thought it might have to do with CCleaner, even though I had 'de-clicked' Office completely. I have since done a reformat and clean install of all the usual programs, except CCleaner and I still have the problem. I do a clean format and reinstall about every 12-14 months, and have never seen this problem before. Anyone have an Idea why this checkbox won't stick??? Thanks in Advance!!! Eddie in Loveland "Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with." |
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Terry Farrell wrote:
Are other changes to defaults (such as changing the default font or default page margins) saved correctly? "F. Edwin Felty" wrote in message ... I'm using Office 2003 on WinXP Pro SP2 + all Updates that I know of. This started about 4 weeks ago and the problem is that the checkbox for 'Show full menus all the time' keeps clearing itself when the program is closed (Word, Publisher and Outlook 2003). I thought it might have to do with CCleaner, even though I had 'de-clicked' Office completely. I have since done a reformat and clean install of all the usual programs, except CCleaner and I still have the problem. I do a clean format and reinstall about every 12-14 months, and have never seen this problem before. Anyone have an Idea why this checkbox won't stick??? Thanks in Advance!!! Eddie in Loveland "Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with." Hmmm...that's an interesting thought, I always change the default font in Word to Arial Narrow. I checked and it is the default font. Interestingly enough, the 'sub check box' that says' Show full Menus after a short delay' always remans checked, but the 'Always show full menus' keeps going away every time I close any of the three Applications. |
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The default font is stored in Normal.dot. The toolbar settings are stored in
the Windows Registry, which would definitely be affected by CCleaner. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "F. Edwin Felty" wrote in message ... Terry Farrell wrote: Are other changes to defaults (such as changing the default font or default page margins) saved correctly? "F. Edwin Felty" wrote in message ... I'm using Office 2003 on WinXP Pro SP2 + all Updates that I know of. This started about 4 weeks ago and the problem is that the checkbox for 'Show full menus all the time' keeps clearing itself when the program is closed (Word, Publisher and Outlook 2003). I thought it might have to do with CCleaner, even though I had 'de-clicked' Office completely. I have since done a reformat and clean install of all the usual programs, except CCleaner and I still have the problem. I do a clean format and reinstall about every 12-14 months, and have never seen this problem before. Anyone have an Idea why this checkbox won't stick??? Thanks in Advance!!! Eddie in Loveland "Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with." Hmmm...that's an interesting thought, I always change the default font in Word to Arial Narrow. I checked and it is the default font. Interestingly enough, the 'sub check box' that says' Show full Menus after a short delay' always remans checked, but the 'Always show full menus' keeps going away every time I close any of the three Applications. |
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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
The default font is stored in Normal.dot. The toolbar settings are stored in the Windows Registry, which would definitely be affected by CCleaner. "F. Edwin Felty" wrote in message ... Terry Farrell wrote: Are other changes to defaults (such as changing the default font or default page margins) saved correctly? "F. Edwin Felty" wrote in message ... I'm using Office 2003 on WinXP Pro SP2 + all Updates that I know of. This started about 4 weeks ago and the problem is that the checkbox for 'Show full menus all the time' keeps clearing itself when the program is closed (Word, Publisher and Outlook 2003). I thought it might have to do with CCleaner, even though I had 'de-clicked' Office completely. I have since done a reformat and clean install of all the usual programs, except CCleaner and I still have the problem. I do a clean format and reinstall about every 12-14 months, and have never seen this problem before. Anyone have an Idea why this checkbox won't stick??? Thanks in Advance!!! Eddie in Loveland "Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with." Hmmm...that's an interesting thought, I always change the default font in Word to Arial Narrow. I checked and it is the default font. Interestingly enough, the 'sub check box' that says' Show full Menus after a short delay' always remans checked, but the 'Always show full menus' keeps going away every time I close any of the three Applications. Right, but I did not install ccleaner on the fresh install. |
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So this is basically a clean install without any registry cleaners...
There has to be something that is blocking changes to the registry. Try deleting the Word DataKey and then test changing the setting again. Word DataKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\versio n number\Word\Data Terry Right, but I did not install ccleaner on the fresh install. |
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Terry Farrell wrote:
So this is basically a clean install without any registry cleaners... There has to be something that is blocking changes to the registry. Try deleting the Word DataKey and then test changing the setting again. Word DataKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\versio n number\Word\Data Terry Right, but I did not install ccleaner on the fresh install. Correct...clean install, no registry cleaners. Will deleting the Key referenced affect Word, Publisher and Outlook 2003 all? Also, as a matter of curiosity, I spent an hour yesterday rooting around in the registry with RegEdit and I found the following: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\Toolbar s and one of the entries is AutoExpandMenus\REG_DWORD\0x00000001 (1) I exported this key for safety reasons and altered the data value to 0, then 2, then 3. In all three cases, the function of 'Always Show Full Menus' was enabled in Word and Publisher, but not in Outlook. Further, when I closed RegEdit and then reopened it, the data value had reverted to the original setting. So, I'm really bumfuzzled... I''' export the referenced key and see what happens. Further information to follow. Thanks! |
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Terry Farrell wrote:
So this is basically a clean install without any registry cleaners... There has to be something that is blocking changes to the registry. Try deleting the Word DataKey and then test changing the setting again. Word DataKey HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\versio n number\Word\Data Terry Right, but I did not install ccleaner on the fresh install. OK, that seems to have fixed Word and Publisher, but Outlook is still out of whack. Hot Dog!! 2/3rds fixed. Now perhaps someone in the Outlook Groups will give me another hint. Thanks again! |
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