Word 2007 crashing when opening files using Windows Explorer

[Connie]

I've noticed that whenever I open documents by browsing to the location and
double-clicking on a file (without having Word open), it semes to take a long
time to open the document and it often results in a crash. It also seems to
crash if I double-click on a document located on my desktop. If I have Word
open and then open the documents from the File Menu it seems to behave a
little better. Does anyone else have this problem? Is it a bug?
Thanks

 

[Stefan Blom]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm.