Microsoft Office XP

[mscot]

It appears that I am unable to open files in
Word/Powerpoint/and excel but the files still exist and I
can open them via Wordpad, any ideas??

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

It appears that I am unable to open files in
Word/Powerpoint/and excel but the files still exist and I
can open them via Wordpad, any ideas??

How are you trying to open them? Double-click or File>Open?


Mike Williams - Office MVP http://www.mvps.org/faq/

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[Guest]

I have tried both ways

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How are you trying to open them? Double-click or File>Open?


Mike Williams - Office MVP http://www.mvps.org/faq/

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[Mike Williams [MVP]]

I have tried both ways

....and what happens? Nothing or error message or ...?

 

[Beth Melton]

Do you also use Norton AV? If so then go to Norton Options and in the
Miscellaneous section disable the "Office Plug-in" option and see if
that rectifies the problem.

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