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Default Word 2007 will not open - Icon does not show properly

Hi. I am a student and just went to type a paper only to discover that Word
will not open. When I right click on the icon and check the properties I am
told that "This is not a valid shortcut."

I have Office 2007 and the remainder of the Office programs are working
perfectly. I am running this on a Dell Inspiron with the XP operating
system. I did not upgrade to Vista.

I tried to system restore with no luck. I also checked for Microsoft
updates and ran Microsoft Diagnostics. I ran McAfee virus scan to check for
threats. None of these were helpful.

Any suggestions? This is mighty inconvenient

Thanks.
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Hi again.


After posting the original post I discovered an important piece of
information.

I can open saved Word documents or Word e-mail attachments. It is just that
my Word Icon will not open from either the Start Menu or my desktop.

Thanks for the help!

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Delete the icon off the desktop and either right click and drag the entry
from Windows Start Programs Microsoft Office Word 2007 to create a
new icon on the desktop, or create a new shortcut to winword.exe in the
folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12

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Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Elizabeth wrote:
Hi again.


After posting the original post I discovered an important piece of
information.

I can open saved Word documents or Word e-mail attachments. It is
just that my Word Icon will not open from either the Start Menu or my
desktop.

Thanks for the help!



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