Option Checkbox won't stay unchecked.

[Guest]

I am using Word 2002 SP3. I have unchecked the option box "Windows in
Taskbar" because I want all the documents in one Word window. Then,
everything is fine. I use Word many times throughout the day, closing it an
reopening it as needed. Then suddenly it starts opening separate windows
again and when I look, the box is checked again. Any suggestions as to how
to make this change stick for good?

I got a new PC a few weeks ago - I'm opening the same documents as before
and I never had this problem with the old PC. (Obviously it's not the PC's
fault, just adding this to show that it's not the documents either.)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Failure to save Options settings often indicates a damaged Registry key. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Thanks Suzanne, I tried it, but that did not help. Any other suggestions?

 

[Graham Mayor]

You could try brute force and set the following line in both an autonew and
an autoopen macro http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

Application.ShowWindowsInTaskbar = False

Which will uncheck the option for each new and opened document.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, when I had a similar problem, it turned out to be due to an add-in
that was changing the Options settings (unintentionally).

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

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