Goto Start - Run
Type in 'winword /a'

If this works.... (If it does not work...skip these steps)


1>Goto Start - Find - Files or Folders
Do a search for Normal.dot in the c: drive
Delete or rename this file

2>Goto Start - Run
Type in 'regedit'
Delete these folder:
(Office 97) HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word \Data & \Options
(Office 2k) HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word \Data & \Options

3>Clear out the Office Startup folders
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\STARTUP

For Office 2k On Windows 95 and later:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP

On Windows NT:
C:\WINNT\Profiles\\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP


You do not need to restart, Word automatically recreates the
registry keys and the normal.dot