> Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
>
>> See the article "Problems opening Word" at:
>>
>>
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm>
> Visited the page:
>
>> If you are using Office 2000 SR-1 or SR-1a, and all Office
> applications quit without an error message as soon as they open
> ...
>
> - No. Mine is Office 2002.
> - Not all applications are quitting. Excel, Ppt, frontpage are
> working alright. It is only word that is giving that error.
> - Word also is working pretty well in safe mode.
>
>
>> If Word crashes as soon as it opens ...
>> a) Run, winword.exe /a.
>
> That also gave the very same problem.
> (It did not automatically ran that. I had to browse to winword
> file.)
>
> There is a Normal.dot 31 KB in C:\WINDOWS\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Templates
>
>> Try renaming your Normal.dot file
>
> Changing that to Normal.old and restarting word did not help in
> any way.
>
>> (Word 2002):
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options\
>> "STARTUP-PATH"
>
> There is no STARTUP-PATH in the
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options
>
>> You can find out where the "real" Startup path is by
>> selecting Tools + Options + File Locations in Word.
>
> That shows C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP
>
> And that folder has nothing.
>
>
>> You can find out where the "factory preset" Startup path is
> by looking in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\
> directory (or equivalent, if you installed Word somewhere else)
> for a folder named Startup
>
> The folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Startup is
> also empty.
>
>
>> Another possibility is that you have a network printer driver
>> that is not installed on your hard disk, but that is set up as
>> your default printer.
>
> That could be something.
>
> There is no printer physically installed, and none is there in
> Settings\Printers.
>
> However, a few days ago I did try to install a printer, but
> could not do it because I didn't have 98 CD with me at that time
> to get drivers.
>
> Has that left some residue on my system? how to find and remove
> that?
>
>
>> If you are running Norton AntiVirus (NAV), or Norton
>> SystemWorks, which incorporates NAV, there may be a conflict
>> between the so-called Norton AntiVirus plug-in for Microsoft
>> Office
>
> yeah. I am having nav 2005.
>
> A few days ago it stopped working, so I checked their site and
> had updated some driver files I don't now remember.
>
> When I had tried to uninstall/ reinstall word/office, it did
> give error some oleaut32.dll, such version present whereas such
> version required. System file update had aborted.
>
> Now it is not giving that message.
>
> diabled "office plug-in" in nav, but that did not help things.
>
> Back to Square one.
>
> Any further steps?
>
> TIA.
> --
> Rawat