Enabling word as e-mail editor in Outlook 2003

[Viski]

I have installed Office 2003 Professional on my NEC mini-laptop using a
Belkin transfer cable. Installation went smoothly. I have selected using Word
as e-mail editor in Outlook but a dialogue box appears saying 'This form
requires Word as your e-mail editor, but Word is either busy or cannot be
found. The form will be opened in Outlook editor instead'. Do i need to
uninstall and then reload all the software - i've located Word but it is in
My Computer as opposed to Program Files - do i need to move things around so
Outlook can detect the location of the program. Help!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Can you start Word properly?
Start Word with the /a command line switch once and try again.
Start-> Run; winword.exe /a

 

[DL]

Using a transfer cable to install Office invariably causes problems.
Install from cd/dvd, at some stage you will need an external cd/dvd drive,
or install from a network location

 

[Viski]

Word starts perfectly from the quick launch icon on the bottom menu bar. I
also went to Start and Run and typed in winword.exe /a and it started no
problem??

 

[Viski]

Thanks - will check it out. I imagine the network location would have to be a
work based network...whereas this is a personal laptop - or i am confused?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Do you have a home network and can connect to another computer over that
network? That's all you need- share the DVD drive on the other computer or
copy the contents of the disk to the hard drive.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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