normal.dot *not* being recreated after deletion -- why?

[Steve Maser]

Office 2003.

User deletes his normal.dot file from:

\documents and settings\<user>\application data\microsoft\templates


Restarts the computer.

Runs Word after reboot.

"normal.dot" is not recreated.


Any thoughts?

- Steve

 

[Bob I]

Look in the Location pointed to at

Tools, Options, File locations, User Templates.

 

[Steve Maser]

Look in the Location pointed to at

Tools, Options, File locations, User Templates.

That's the default location.

I *believe* the problem is the presence of Adobe Acrobat Professional
7.0


If 7.0 is installed, then the "normal.dot" file is *not* being
recreated...

- Steve

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Steve,

That is a likely cause. Adobe chose to prevent
the modification, or in this case creation, of
the Normal.dot template in v7.

Some folks have reported success with changing
a registry key value in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins\PDFMaker.OfficeAddin

setting "LoadBehavior" from a value of 3 to 0


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That's the default location.

I *believe* the problem is the presence of Adobe Acrobat Professional
7.0


If 7.0 is installed, then the "normal.dot" file is *not* being
recreated...

- Steve >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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