Thanks for all your responses,
I went in :
Enable items that were disabled by Office Safe Mode
1. On the Help menu, click About Microsoft <application>.
2. Click Disabled Items.
3. Select the items you want to enable.
4. Click Enable.
No Items were disabled, so Im not sure what to do next.
Do you think doing a clean install of XP home and reloading everything
would be the go to fix this ?
I could use Word in safe mode but it bugs me Word not working properly
Cheers
BTs
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Office Safe Mode
Microsoft Office Safe Mode allows you to safely use an Office program
that has encountered certain startup problems. When a problem is
detected at startup, Office either fixes the problem or isolates it,
allowing the program to start successfully.
Automated safe mode
During startup, Office checks for problems such as an add-in or
extension that won't start, or a corrupted resource, file, registry,
or template. A message is displayed the next time the program is
started, identifying the problem and asking if you want to disable the
part of the program that has a problem.
A list of disabled items is accessible through the Disabled Items
dialog box (About Microsoft <program>, Help menu). You can use this
dialog box to enable the listed items. Enabling some items may require
you to reload or reinstall an add-in program or reopen a file.
Enabling an item does not necessarily fix the root problem; an item
that you enable may be placed back on the disabled list the next time
you start the program.
User-initiated safe mode
You can open any Office program in Office Safe Mode by pressing CTRL
while you start the program or by using the /safe option when you start
the program from the command line.
The following restrictions apply when you open a program in
user-initiated Office Safe Mode. (Some items listed below do not apply
to all Office programs.)
* No templates (template: A file or files that contain the structure
and tools for shaping such elements as the style and page layout of
finished files. For example, Word templates can shape a single
document, and FrontPage templates can shape an entire Web site.) can
be saved.
* In Microsoft FrontPage, the last used Web site is not opened.
* The Office Assistant is not automatically displayed.
* Toolbar or command bar customizations are not loaded and
customizations cannot be saved.
* The AutoCorrect list is not loaded and changes are not saved.
* Recovered documents are not automatically opened.
* Smart tags (smart tags: Data recognized and labeled as a particular
type. For example, a person name or the name of a recent Microsoft
Outlook e-mail message recipient is a type of data that can be
recognized and labeled with a smart tag.) are not loaded and new tags
cannot be saved.
* All command line options are ignored except "/a" and "/n".
* Files cannot be saved to the Alternate Startup Directory.
* Preferences cannot be saved.
* Additional features and programs will not automatically load.
Enable items that were disabled by Office Safe Mode
1. On the Help menu, click About Microsoft <application>.
2. Click Disabled Items.
3. Select the items you want to enable.
4. Click Enable.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In BTs <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Thanks Pegasus
Yes my copies of XP Home & XP Office Professional 2002 are legal. I
have had no problems launching them in the past (before reformatting
my drive yesterday)
When Word Opens a box appears saying Microsoft Word has encountered a
problem and needs to close, sorry for the inconvenience.
Then a box pops up - Word failed to start correctly last time.
Starting word in safe mode .........
Do you want to start Word in safe mode ?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
BTs
:
Hi, Ive just reformatted and installed XP Home and all my software.
All windows updates are installed and current.
Since doing so Word will only open in safe mode, Ive tried
reinstalling xp office and used repair and detect but still have the
problem.
You did not say what the actual problem is, i.e. what happens
when you attempt to launch MS Word in normal mode. Also:
Are your copies of Windows and MS Office legal or perhaps
not quite?
