Word disappears automatically when started

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Guest

Hi,

This is more an annoyance than a serious problem, but if anyone can help,
I'd appreciate it.

I have a PC running Windows 2000 and Office 2000. When I double-click on a
shortcut to a Word document (say, in My Documents) Word loads up the document
fine, and then the Word application tucks itself away behind the folder where
the shortcut is. Excel also does this, but non-Office applications don't, so
I'm assuming this is an Office problem rather than a Windows problem. But if
I start Word (or Excel) and File | Open, this doesn't happen. That's not the
point, though, as I'd rather use the shortcuts.

The location of the shortcut appears to be irrelevant also.

Many thanks,
Keith
 
Not guaranteeing it will work but if you right-click on the mouse over the
shortcut and then when the menu appears select open clicking the mouse only
once. It may be that your double click is re-activating the folder window
making the word window disappear. Let me know if it works?
 

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