Dialog Boxes

[simmo]

When opening an existing word document, the following Dialog Box opens with:
"The command can not be performed because a dialog box is opened. Click, then close open dialog boxes to continue"
This is very annoying as I click ok the diaglog box closes and the word doc opens. Very frustrating. Any ideas on fixing this?

 

[simmo]

Hi Beth,
Thanks for your reply. I am opening existing documents from my documents or even those received from mail (Microsoft Outlook) It doesn't make any difference it always asks me to close opened dialog box
I ran winword /r and nothing happened. Sorry but was anything meant to occur when doing this?
Cheers
Simmo

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Nothing appears to happen when you run winword /r, but it "reregisters"
Word; that is, it reestablishes Word's association with the .doc and .dot
file types in the Windows Registry. Have you tried opening a Word doc since
running it?

Hi Beth,
Thanks for your reply. I am opening existing documents from my documents

or even those received from mail (Microsoft Outlook) It doesn't make any
difference it always asks me to close opened dialog box

 

[simmo]

Suzanne,

Yes I have opened many word doc since running and rerunning winword /r but nothing has changed. I am still asked to close the opened diolog box. I have reinstalled my Norton anti virus recently. Would this have anything to do with this problem. When trying to open the doc, as well as the dialog box, I find in the bottom left hand side of screen the words "Running virus scan"

 

[Graham Mayor]

Uncheck the Norton AV Office Plug-in (from within Norton AV)

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

Suzanne,

Yes I have opened many word doc since running and rerunning winword
/r but nothing has changed. I am still asked to close the opened
diolog box. I have reinstalled my Norton anti virus recently. Would
this have anything to do with this problem. When trying to open the
doc, as well as the dialog box, I find in the bottom left hand side
of screen the words "Running virus scan"

Nothing appears to happen when you run winword /r, but it
"reregisters"
Word; that is, it reestablishes Word's association with the .doc and
.dot
file types in the Windows Registry. Have you tried opening a Word
doc since
running it?

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Hi Beth,
Thanks for your reply. I am opening existing documents from my
documents

or even those received from mail (Microsoft Outlook) It doesn't make
any
difference it always asks me to close opened dialog box

I ran winword /r and nothing happened. Sorry but was anything meant
to occur when doing this?
Cheers
Simmo
--
simmo


:

Hi Simmo,

How are you opening the document? Are you double-clicking it in an

Exploring window such as your Desktop or My Computer?

If so then it could be caused by a problem in your file
association. Go to Start/Run and run:

winword /r

Note the space before the forward slash.

assistance can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~
Beth Melton

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/


:

When opening an existing word document, the following Dialog Box
opens with:
"The command can not be performed because a dialog box is opened.

Click, then close open dialog boxes to continue"

This is very annoying as I click ok the diaglog box closes and the

word doc opens. Very frustrating. Any ideas on fixing this?

 

[simmo]

Fixed - Thanks Graham
--
simmo

Uncheck the Norton AV Office Plug-in (from within Norton AV)

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[pwhittle]

Afraid it didn't fix it for me. I've also renamed the Normal template
deleted all templates from the Starup folder, repaired MS Word from th
help menu, and repaired it from the startup disc. Is there anythin
else I can try?

Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you disabled the Office Plug-in in Norton AntiVirus? That's a common
cause of this type of problem.

 

[Graham Mayor]

If Norton AV's Office plug-in is switched off, what other add-ins do you
have loading? How about the Works add-in? That one should have been flushed
down the toilet at birth

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[Jane Tutor]

The same thing has been happening to me. Did you find a way to fix it yet?
If i go the start/documents and select a Word document that I want to open,
the same box pops up. I have no opened dialog boxes on my computer. It's
making me crazy!

Jane

 

[Graham Mayor]

Did you follow the suggestions already made in this thread?

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>

 

[Jane Tutor]

I have Norton Internet security. Should I start by deselecting the
Office-Add in? Where can I find it?

 

[Jane Tutor]

I have Office Professional 2003...I'm using Windows XP Professional, but I
haven't worked up the courage to insall the XP Service pack 2. I have Norton
Internet Security 2004 that came as a trial with my new Dell computer. (just
bought it in September). I forgot to include this information. I'm only
having this problem with WORD. When I go to Start/douments and select a
recent Excell document, it opens up right away without the dialog box.

Jane

 

[Graham Mayor]

I have just removed Windows XP SP2 from my PC as it was causing too many
conflicts for my taste, though it is probably fair to say that I make
greater demands on my PC than most users and I am very careful about
security. However, from Norton, check the options and amongst them you'll
find the Office plug-in, checked by default. Uncheck it.

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP


<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>