After opening Word,to open an existing document, I click open and an open
dialogu box comes down with a list of files which are to be opened by
clicking. Suddenly inthe past two days the files wil not open and the open
box is marked not responding so that I have to end the task. I can find no
method to correct this which is a new problem after severl years of good
operation. Any advice?

See if this helps:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165 ("Problems in Windows Explorer or the
Windows shell after you install security update MS06-015").

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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"Demosthenes53" wrote in message
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After opening Word,to open an existing document, I click open and an open
dialogu box comes down with a list of files which are to be opened by
clicking. Suddenly inthe past two days the files wil not open and the open
box is marked not responding so that I have to end the task. I can find no
method to correct this which is a new problem after severl years of good
operation. Any advice?

Thanks for the prompt reply. After sending the request I checked the site and
found others had a similar problem and were advised about updtae MS06-015. I
followed the instructins from those suggestions and eventually was able to
solve the problem only by removing that update. Thanks. I have learned how to
ask questions on this site.
Paul Kelley

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

See if this helps:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165 ("Problems in Windows Explorer or the
Windows shell after you install security update MS06-015").

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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"Demosthenes53" wrote in message
...
After opening Word,to open an existing document, I click open and an open
dialogu box comes down with a list of files which are to be opened by
clicking. Suddenly inthe past two days the files wil not open and the open
box is marked not responding so that I have to end the task. I can find no
method to correct this which is a new problem after severl years of good
operation. Any advice?