Wnword.exe runs all the time - even with Office shut down.

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On a Windows XP SP2 computer running Microsoft Office 2003, if I look at the
task manager, the winword.exe process runs all the time - sometimes consuming
50 % CPU - even with Microsoft Office shut down. I understand Word is used
as Outlooks e-mail editor, but why does winword run when Outlook and all
Office applications are shut down? I use AVG antivirus also.
 
Does this mean that winword.exe continously runs once Office runs - even
after it is shut down? And the only way to shut down the process is to
reboot the computer?
 
Just Guessing said:
Does this mean that winword.exe continously runs once Office runs - even
after it is shut down? And the only way to shut down the process is to
reboot the computer?
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No.
If you observe something like that on your machine, you have a problem. Try
posting in the Application error group.
 
My suggestion was intended as a trouble-shooting step. If the problem comes
back after you've restarted, then something peculiar is going on. See
Jean-Guy's reply.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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