Microsoft Word 2.0 problem

[Thankful88]

Yes, yes, I know...it's an ANCIENT program )

It has been working fine up until just the other day.
Now I'm getting an error message when I try to bring it
up.

The first thing that happens is it gives me a file error
that says "Cannot find SHELL.DLL"

When I click on "Close", I get another message that
says "Can't run 16-bit Windows program" as the header,
and the message says "Cannot find file
C:\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE (or one of its components). Check
to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all
required libraries are available."

When I do a system restore to a much earlier date, it
will usually allow me to get into the program with no
problems.

I also tried to reinstall the program, and that didn't
correct the problem at all.

If anyone has ANY suggestions - I'd really appreciate
it. I am a stay-at-home, Homeschooling Mom and I really
can't afford to pay $200 for a word processing package
right now.

Thanks.

 

[Richard Urban]

You can go here to download, for free, an Office application. It is not on
par with Microsoft office but, for the price, it is hard to beat!

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[David Candy]

Nothing wrong with Word 2.

You have a virus of some sort possibly coolwebsearch. There's nothing wrong with word. Some virus is deleting the file. There is a second copy in system folder, copy it to the system32. But it will probably get deleted again till you clean your computer.

 

[Richard Urban]

Oops! Forgot the link. Go here
http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.2/index.html

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard