Word doesn't want to open

[Dominic]

Every time I open Word it says:

16 bit Windows Subsystem

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not
suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
applications. Choose "close" to terminate the application.

I chosed "close". The message dissapeared then nothing
else happened.

I opened Word again. The message appeared. I
choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.

How can this problem be fixed?

I'm not sure how old my version of Word is. But I had it
for about 8-9 years.

 

[TF]

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



: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate the application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared then nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared. I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is. But I had it
: for about 8-9 years.

 

[Dominic]

These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as Word opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2 path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and note the path given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the files out temporarily or rename
them.

These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as Word opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2 path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.

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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate the application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared then nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared. I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is. But I had it
: for about 8-9 years.


.

 

[Dominic]

Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows explorer"? It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down list. It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and note the path given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the files out temporarily or rename
them.

These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as Word opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2 path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.

-----Original Message-----
See

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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Dominic" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message

: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate the application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared then nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared. I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is. But I

had
it

: for about 8-9 years.


.

.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No. Tools | Options in Word.

Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows explorer"? It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down list. It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and note the path given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the files out temporarily or rename
them.

These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as Word opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2 path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

message
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate the
application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared then nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared. I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is. But I had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


.

.

 

[Dominic]

Sorry the way I explained my problem is alittle confusing

I can't open word. It's when I TRY to open it that
message appears.

-----Original Message-----
No. Tools | Options in Word.

Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows explorer"? It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down list. It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and note the

path
given for Startup.

Navigate to that folder and either move the files out temporarily or rename
them.

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message

These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as Word opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2 path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




-----Original Message-----
See

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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Dominic" <[email protected]>

wrote
in

message
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file

is
not

: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate the
application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared then nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared. I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is. But I had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


.


.

.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Then see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

Sorry the way I explained my problem is alittle confusing

I can't open word. It's when I TRY to open it that
message appears.

-----Original Message-----
No. Tools | Options in Word.

Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows explorer"? It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down list. It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and note the path
given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the files out
temporarily or rename
them.

--
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.

message
These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as Word opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2 path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




-----Original Message-----
See

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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

in
message
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is
not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate the
application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared then
nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared. I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is. But I
had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


.


.

.

 

[Dominic]

None of those instructions from that link fixes the
problem.

-----Original Message-----
Then see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

Sorry the way I explained my problem is alittle confusing

I can't open word. It's when I TRY to open it that
message appears.

-----Original Message-----
No. Tools | Options in Word.

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message

Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows explorer"? It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down list. It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and note the path
given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the files out
temporarily or rename
them.

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]>

wrote
in

message
These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as Word opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2 path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




-----Original Message-----
See

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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

in
message
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system

file
is

not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate the
application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared then
nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared. I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is. But I
had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


.


.


.

.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Word does not start even with the /a switch?

None of those instructions from that link fixes the
problem.

-----Original Message-----
Then see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

Sorry the way I explained my problem is alittle confusing

I can't open word. It's when I TRY to open it that
message appears.
-----Original Message-----
No. Tools | Options in Word.

--
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.

message
Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows explorer"? It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down list. It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and note the
path
given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the files out
temporarily or rename
them.

--
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.

in
message
These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as Word
opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2 path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




-----Original Message-----
See


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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Dominic" <[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file
is
not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate the
application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared then
nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared. I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is. But I
had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


.


.


.

.

 

[Dominic]

In the link you gave me I don't see where it explains how
to open word with the \a switch.

I pressed ctrl while I try to open word and it doesn't
want to open and go in safe mode.

I also clicked "start" "run" and typed Winword.exe /safe
pressed "ok" then this message appears:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

I also went in C:\Program Files\ and I can't find
Microsoft Office

-----Original Message-----
Word does not start even with the /a switch?

None of those instructions from that link fixes the
problem.

-----Original Message-----
Then see

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

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message

Sorry the way I explained my problem is alittle confusing

I can't open word. It's when I TRY to open it that
message appears.
-----Original Message-----
No. Tools | Options in Word.

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]>

wrote
in

message
Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows

explorer"?
It

doesn't say "options" in the drop down list. It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and note the
path
given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the

files
out

temporarily or rename
them.

--
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.

in
message
These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as Word
opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2 path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




-----Original Message-----
See

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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Dominic"

wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file
is
not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate the
application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared then
nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared. I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is. But I
had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


.


.


.


.

.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Quoting from the beginning of section 2:

If Word crashes as soon as it opens ...
a) It is most likely to be due to template corruption. To verify
whether
this is the case, start Word without templates and add-ins loaded, to see
whether it still crashes: to do this, click the Start button in the bottom
left of your screen, select Run, and type winword.exe /a. (You may need to
specify the full path although you probably won't.)

Note the space before the forward slash! If you miss out that space,
you'll get an error message such as: "Cannot find the file 'winword.exe/a'
or one of its components".

The /a switch is intended as a troubleshooting tool only, and you
shouldn't continue to use it to start Word. Any customisations you make
while in this mode will be discarded.

In the link you gave me I don't see where it explains how
to open word with the \a switch.

I pressed ctrl while I try to open word and it doesn't
want to open and go in safe mode.

I also clicked "start" "run" and typed Winword.exe /safe
pressed "ok" then this message appears:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

I also went in C:\Program Files\ and I can't find
Microsoft Office

-----Original Message-----
Word does not start even with the /a switch?

None of those instructions from that link fixes the
problem.

-----Original Message-----
Then see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

--
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.

message
Sorry the way I explained my problem is alittle
confusing

I can't open word. It's when I TRY to open it that
message appears.
-----Original Message-----
No. Tools | Options in Word.

--
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.

in
message
Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows explorer"?
It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down list. It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and note the
path
given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the files
out
temporarily or rename
them.

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as Word
opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in
Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2
path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




-----Original Message-----
See



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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Dominic"

wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system
file
is
not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft
Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate the
application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared then
nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared. I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is.
But I
had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


.


.


.


.

.

 

[Dominic]

I typed winword.exe /a in "run" pressed "ok" and I still
get this message:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

-----Original Message-----
Quoting from the beginning of section 2:

If Word crashes as soon as it opens ...
a) It is most likely to be due to template corruption. To verify
whether
this is the case, start Word without templates and add- ins loaded, to see
whether it still crashes: to do this, click the Start button in the bottom
left of your screen, select Run, and type

winword.exe /a. (You may need to

specify the full path although you probably won't.)

Note the space before the forward slash! If you miss out that space,
you'll get an error message such as: "Cannot find the file 'winword.exe/a'
or one of its components".

The /a switch is intended as a troubleshooting tool only, and you
shouldn't continue to use it to start Word. Any customisations you make
while in this mode will be discarded.

In the link you gave me I don't see where it explains how
to open word with the \a switch.

I pressed ctrl while I try to open word and it doesn't
want to open and go in safe mode.

I also clicked "start" "run" and typed Winword.exe /safe
pressed "ok" then this message appears:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

I also went in C:\Program Files\ and I can't find
Microsoft Office

-----Original Message-----
Word does not start even with the /a switch?

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message

None of those instructions from that link fixes the
problem.

-----Original Message-----
Then see

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

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]>

wrote
in

message
Sorry the way I explained my problem is alittle
confusing

I can't open word. It's when I TRY to open it that
message appears.
-----Original Message-----
No. Tools | Options in Word.

--
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.

in
message
Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows explorer"?
It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down list. It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and

note
the

path
given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the files
out
temporarily or rename
them.

--
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.

"Dominic"

wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as Word
opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in
Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2
path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




-----Original Message-----
See

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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Dominic"
[email protected]...
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system
file
is
not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft
Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to

terminate
the

application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message

dissapeared
then

nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message

appeared.
I

: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is.
But I
had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


.


.


.


.


.

.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Use Start | Search | Files or Folders to search for winword.exe. If you
don't find it, then Word is not installed, and that is your problem.

I typed winword.exe /a in "run" pressed "ok" and I still
get this message:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

-----Original Message-----
Quoting from the beginning of section 2:

If Word crashes as soon as it opens ...
a) It is most likely to be due to template corruption. To verify
whether
this is the case, start Word without templates and add- ins loaded, to see
whether it still crashes: to do this, click the Start button in the bottom
left of your screen, select Run, and type

winword.exe /a. (You may need to

specify the full path although you probably won't.)

Note the space before the forward slash! If you miss out that space,
you'll get an error message such as: "Cannot find the file 'winword.exe/a'
or one of its components".

The /a switch is intended as a troubleshooting tool only, and you
shouldn't continue to use it to start Word. Any customisations you make
while in this mode will be discarded.

In the link you gave me I don't see where it explains how
to open word with the \a switch.

I pressed ctrl while I try to open word and it doesn't
want to open and go in safe mode.

I also clicked "start" "run" and typed Winword.exe /safe
pressed "ok" then this message appears:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

I also went in C:\Program Files\ and I can't find
Microsoft Office

-----Original Message-----
Word does not start even with the /a switch?

--
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
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message
None of those instructions from that link fixes the
problem.

-----Original Message-----
Then see

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

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

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in
message
Sorry the way I explained my problem is alittle
confusing

I can't open word. It's when I TRY to open it that
message appears.
-----Original Message-----
No. Tools | Options in Word.

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

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"Dominic" <[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows
explorer"?
It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down list. It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and note
the
path
given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the
files
out
temporarily or rename
them.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all
follow-
ups
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"Dominic"

wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as
Word
opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error in
Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2
path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path
from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




-----Original Message-----
See




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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Dominic"
<[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system
file
is
not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft
Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate
the
application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared
then
nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared.
I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word is.
But I
had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


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[Dominic]

I found it.

Do you know what else could be the problem?

Or does anybody else know what the problem is?

-----Original Message-----
Use Start | Search | Files or Folders to search for winword.exe. If you
don't find it, then Word is not installed, and that is your problem.

I typed winword.exe /a in "run" pressed "ok" and I still
get this message:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

-----Original Message-----
Quoting from the beginning of section 2:

If Word crashes as soon as it opens ...
a) It is most likely to be due to template corruption. To verify
whether
this is the case, start Word without templates and

add-
ins loaded, to see

whether it still crashes: to do this, click the Start button in the bottom
left of your screen, select Run, and type

winword.exe /a. (You may need to

specify the full path although you probably won't.)

Note the space before the forward slash! If you miss out that space,
you'll get an error message such as: "Cannot find the file 'winword.exe/a'
or one of its components".

The /a switch is intended as a troubleshooting tool only, and you
shouldn't continue to use it to start Word. Any customisations you make
while in this mode will be discarded.

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message

In the link you gave me I don't see where it

explains
how

to open word with the \a switch.

I pressed ctrl while I try to open word and it doesn't
want to open and go in safe mode.

I also clicked "start" "run" and typed Winword.exe /safe
pressed "ok" then this message appears:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

I also went in C:\Program Files\ and I can't find
Microsoft Office

-----Original Message-----
Word does not start even with the /a switch?

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]>

wrote
in

message
None of those instructions from that link fixes the
problem.

-----Original Message-----
Then see

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

--
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.

in
message
Sorry the way I explained my problem is alittle
confusing

I can't open word. It's when I TRY to open it that
message appears.
-----Original Message-----
No. Tools | Options in Word.

--
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.

"Dominic"

wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows
explorer"?
It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down

list.
It

says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and note
the
path
given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the
files
out
temporarily or rename
them.

--
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.

"Dominic"
[email protected]...
These are the instructions I need to fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as
Word
opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile

Error
in

Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's Startup2
path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path
from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




-----Original Message-----
See

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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Dominic"
<[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system
file
is
not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft
Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to terminate
the
application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message dissapeared
then
nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message appeared.
I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of

Word
is.

But I
had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


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.

.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Try typing just winword /a in the Run box and see if that flies.

I found it.

Do you know what else could be the problem?

Or does anybody else know what the problem is?

-----Original Message-----
Use Start | Search | Files or Folders to search for winword.exe. If you
don't find it, then Word is not installed, and that is your problem.

I typed winword.exe /a in "run" pressed "ok" and I still
get this message:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

-----Original Message-----
Quoting from the beginning of section 2:

If Word crashes as soon as it opens ...
a) It is most likely to be due to template
corruption. To verify
whether
this is the case, start Word without templates and add-
ins loaded, to see
whether it still crashes: to do this, click the Start
button in the bottom
left of your screen, select Run, and type
winword.exe /a. (You may need to
specify the full path although you probably won't.)

Note the space before the forward slash! If you
miss out that space,
you'll get an error message such as: "Cannot find the
file 'winword.exe/a'
or one of its components".

The /a switch is intended as a troubleshooting
tool only, and you
shouldn't continue to use it to start Word. Any
customisations you make
while in this mode will be discarded.

--
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.

message
In the link you gave me I don't see where it explains
how
to open word with the \a switch.

I pressed ctrl while I try to open word and it doesn't
want to open and go in safe mode.

I also clicked "start" "run" and typed
Winword.exe /safe
pressed "ok" then this message appears:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

I also went in C:\Program Files\ and I can't find
Microsoft Office

-----Original Message-----
Word does not start even with the /a switch?

--
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.

in
message
None of those instructions from that link fixes the
problem.

-----Original Message-----
Then see


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

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
Sorry the way I explained my problem is alittle
confusing

I can't open word. It's when I TRY to open it
that
message appears.
-----Original Message-----
No. Tools | Options in Word.

--
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.

"Dominic"

wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows
explorer"?
It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down list.
It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and
note
the
path
given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the
files
out
temporarily or rename
them.

--
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.

"Dominic"
<[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
These are the instructions I need to
fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as soon as
Word
opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error
in
Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's
Startup2
path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path
from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




-----Original Message-----
See





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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Dominic"
<[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The
system
file
is
not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and
Microsoft
Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to
terminate
the
application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message
dissapeared
then
nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message
appeared.
I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word
is.
But I
had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


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.

.

 

[Dominic]

That's what I did and the same message appears after I
click "ok".

-----Original Message-----
Try typing just winword /a in the Run box and see if that flies.

I found it.

Do you know what else could be the problem?

Or does anybody else know what the problem is?

-----Original Message-----
Use Start | Search | Files or Folders to search for winword.exe. If you
don't find it, then Word is not installed, and that is your problem.

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]> wrote

in
message

I typed winword.exe /a in "run" pressed "ok" and I still
get this message:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

-----Original Message-----
Quoting from the beginning of section 2:

If Word crashes as soon as it opens ...
a) It is most likely to be due to template
corruption. To verify
whether
this is the case, start Word without templates and add-
ins loaded, to see
whether it still crashes: to do this, click the Start
button in the bottom
left of your screen, select Run, and type
winword.exe /a. (You may need to
specify the full path although you probably won't.)

Note the space before the forward slash! If you
miss out that space,
you'll get an error message such as: "Cannot find the
file 'winword.exe/a'
or one of its components".

The /a switch is intended as a troubleshooting
tool only, and you
shouldn't continue to use it to start Word. Any
customisations you make
while in this mode will be discarded.

--
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.

"Dominic" <[email protected]>

wrote
in

message
In the link you gave me I don't see where it explains
how
to open word with the \a switch.

I pressed ctrl while I try to open word and it doesn't
want to open and go in safe mode.

I also clicked "start" "run" and typed
Winword.exe /safe
pressed "ok" then this message appears:

"windows cannot find "Winword.exe". Make sure you typed
the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a
file, click the start button, and then click search"

I also went in C:\Program Files\ and I can't find
Microsoft Office

-----Original Message-----
Word does not start even with the /a switch?

--
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.

in
message
None of those instructions from that link

fixes
the

problem.

-----Original Message-----
Then see

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

--
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.

"Dominic"

wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
Sorry the way I explained my problem is alittle
confusing

I can't open word. It's when I TRY to open it
that
message appears.
-----Original Message-----
No. Tools | Options in Word.

--
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.

"Dominic"
[email protected]...
Where do I click on "tools"? In "windows
explorer"?
It
doesn't say "options" in the drop down list.
It
says "folder options".

-----Original Message-----
Go to Tools | Options | File Locations and
note
the
path
given for Startup.
Navigate to that folder and either move the
files
out
temporarily or rename
them.

--
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.

"Dominic"
<[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
These are the instructions I need to
fallow?

"4. If you get an error message as

soon
as

Word
opens,
but it doesn't crash (e.g. "Compile Error
in
Hidden
Module") ...

Moving any files that are in Word's
Startup2
path to
another folder. Or

Renaming any files in Word's Startup2 path
from
[filename].dot to [filename].old."

I don't understand the first 2 steps.




-----Original Message-----
See

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

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Dominic"
<[email protected]>
wrote
in
message
[email protected]...
: Every time I open Word it says:
:
: 16 bit Windows Subsystem
:
: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The
system
file
is
not
: suitable for running MS-DOS and
Microsoft
Windows
: applications. Choose "close" to
terminate
the
application.
:
: I chosed "close". The message
dissapeared
then
nothing
: else happened.
:
: I opened Word again. The message
appeared.
I
: choosed "ingnore" nothing else happened.
:
: How can this problem be fixed?
:
: I'm not sure how old my version of Word
is.
But I
had
it
: for about 8-9 years.


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