Word 2003 has stopped working

[desperately seeking help]

Help please....just recently I have been having trouble opening Word 2003 in
a VISTA operating system. I immediately get an error message that tells me
Word has stopped working when it hasn't even opened. It then tells me a
problem has stopped it from working but doesn't indiate what problem and
tells me "a solution will be sent to me once one is found.

When I again try to open a document, it tells me it can't locate it. I then
try to open WORD 1st (not the document 1st) and I get an error message:
Word failed to start correctly last time. Starting word in safe mode will
help you correct or isolate a start up problem in order to successfully start
the program. Some functionality may be disabled in this mode.

I tried to detect and repair and it said it was successful but I still have
the problem. Has anyone else experienced this and do you have any advice how
to resolve this? Thanks in Advance!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Uninstall, then reinstall Word 2003.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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Help please....just recently I have been having trouble opening Word 2003 in
a VISTA operating system. I immediately get an error message that tells me
Word has stopped working when it hasn't even opened. It then tells me a
problem has stopped it from working but doesn't indiate what problem and
tells me "a solution will be sent to me once one is found.

When I again try to open a document, it tells me it can't locate it. I then
try to open WORD 1st (not the document 1st) and I get an error message:
Word failed to start correctly last time. Starting word in safe mode will
help you correct or isolate a start up problem in order to successfully start
the program. Some functionality may be disabled in this mode.

I tried to detect and repair and it said it was successful but I still have
the problem. Has anyone else experienced this and do you have any advice how
to resolve this? Thanks in Advance!

 

[ray]

Help please....just recently I have been having trouble opening Word
2003 in a VISTA operating system. I immediately get an error message
that tells me Word has stopped working when it hasn't even opened. It
then tells me a problem has stopped it from working but doesn't indiate
what problem and tells me "a solution will be sent to me once one is
found.

When I again try to open a document, it tells me it can't locate it. I
then try to open WORD 1st (not the document 1st) and I get an error
message: Word failed to start correctly last time. Starting word in
safe mode will help you correct or isolate a start up problem in order
to successfully start the program. Some functionality may be disabled
in this mode.

I tried to detect and repair and it said it was successful but I still
have the problem. Has anyone else experienced this and do you have any
advice how to resolve this? Thanks in Advance!

If you can't get the issue reconciled, you might want to give
OpenOffice.org a try - it will probably do what you need.

 

[Bill Yanaire]

If you can't get the issue reconciled, you might want to give
OpenOffice.org a try - it will probably do what you need.

I'm sure he can get the problem solved. OpenOffice is a piece of crap, the
GUI is about 10 years past, and OpenOffice is good for geeks and trolls like
yourself who have nothing better to do than insult people here.

The OP has Word 2003, he doesn't want or need that OpenSores crap.

Go bother the people in the Ubuntu forum if you have such a hard-on for
OpenOffice and Ubuntu.

 

[ray]

I'm sure he can get the problem solved. OpenOffice is a piece of crap,
the GUI is about 10 years past, and OpenOffice is good for geeks and
trolls like yourself who have nothing better to do than insult people
here.

The OP has Word 2003, he doesn't want or need that OpenSores crap.

Go bother the people in the Ubuntu forum if you have such a hard-on for
OpenOffice and Ubuntu.

You are such a freaking idiot. Yes, if the OP can get his/her problems
solved with MS word 2003, then he/she might as well use it. Otherwise,
you'd rather see him/her do without. I've not indicated that OpenOffice
would solve the entire world's problems but it sure as hell beats nothing.
It works quite well for most people, contrary to your protestations.

And, BTW, if you'll go back and read my post, assuming you can comprehend
that much, you'll see that I did not mention Ubuntu - which is also a good
solution for many people. I use it myself in some situations. I also use
Gentoo Linux, Debian Linux, Elive and, on occasion, RedHat Enterprise.

 

[measekite]

You are such a freaking idiot. Yes, if the OP can get his/her problems
solved with MS word 2003, then he/she might as well use it. Otherwise,
you'd rather see him/her do without. I've not indicated that OpenOffice
would solve the entire world's problems but it sure as hell beats nothing.
It works quite well for most people, contrary to your protestations.

OpenOffice Writer handles graphics better than Word. It scrolls better
and is programmed more efficiently.

 

[Frank]

OpenOffice Writer handles graphics better than Word. It scrolls better
and is programmed more efficiently.

Everything you say is an outright lie.
Get lost. Go drink some oem ink!

 

[ray]

OpenOffice Writer handles graphics better than Word. It scrolls better
and is programmed more efficiently.

I'm not even getting into that argument. I'm simply trying to help the OP
get work done.

 

[measekite]

Try downloading OpenOffice. It works better than MS Office and handles
graphics better. You get Writer, Calc, and Impress replacing Word,
Excel and Powerpoint and it allows you to use either Open Source format
or MS Office format. You can also use Writer to create PDF files.

You also get a drawing pakage. The only module that is not as good as
Microsoft's Access is Base.

Open Office is cross platform so it runs under Windows, Mac and Linux
and it is FREE. It is managed by Sun Computers.

You can download it at www.openoffice.org

 

[Peter Foldes]

Although this is a newsgroup for the Vista OS and you are posting about Word which
is a part of Office which you should have posted to the Office Word newsgroup, I can
pretty well tell you about your issue.
You need to reformat your system to get it back to working condition. Using a
Registry Cleaning Tool was not a very bright idea.
The tool removed some lines from the Registry Hive and to repair that you will need
to reformat and start over again.

DO NOT USE any registry tools. They are all snake oil remedies and will not make
your computer more efficient or faster. All they do is cause issues beyond repair

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Thanks for your response Peter. But, I must ask...

Who are you? And, what are you talking about? No, I don't have to
reformat my system. I fixed the problem. Did you not read my post.

My computer and word are now working flawlessly.

I can't see why you would suggest reformatting my system. Anyway...not
doing it.

Read the thread...it appears that it's about Word 2003 issues as
related to it being used under Vista.

Ed

It's not so easy to read the thread when the earlier posts are not present
on the news provider - and you failed to quote the post you replied to.

You want us to read your mind. Ain't gonna happen.

FYI - the post you replied to without quoting shows here as a header dated
12 January 2009, and the body is no longer available on the Microsoft
server.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Sorry about that. I'm new to the service. I can see all of the
posters above me...about 5 or 6...and my final post was to Peter. The
post just above mine. Peter suggested that I had to reformat my system
in order to solve the issue. I didn't have to as I had already fixed
the problem and was just posting the fix that worked for me in order to
help others that might Google the problem and be brought here, as I
was.

Originally the post, to which I was replying, while in search of an
answer for my own problem, was about MS Word not working under
Vista...with the error message, "Word has stopped working."

I simply found that by reinstalling the application, Word, with Service
pack 3, that I still had the issue and error message. But, as suggested
here by a previous poster, an installation without installing Service
pack 3 did in fact work.

Thanks for your response.

Ed

There is a lot of "reformat your system" out there (they really mean
reformat your hard drive, but what the heck...).

I'm *very* glad you solved your problem without that, since it is a *last*
resort, not a first resort. It would wipe out all your work, all your
software installations, and all the updates to everything. You would be a
long time getting back up to speed, even if everything was backed up.