global template, NORMAL.DOT, already open

[Roger Marrs]

Every time I launch Word, a dialog box pops up that states: "The global
template, NORMAL.DOT, is already open as an add-in program." I click OK to
close the dialog box and Word functions normally after that. Why is this
dialog box opening and how can I make it stop?

Roger Marrs

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Do you perhaps have a copy of Normal.dot in Word's Startup folder?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Roger Marrs]

Yes, Normal.dot is in my startup folder.
And now I see why, I had change the location for my user templates to the
Startup folder. Thank you.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Startup is not a good location for *any* user templates, as this will just
confuse Word (not to mention making it take forever to load).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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