MS 2000 Word I cannot open word saved and new documents w/o crashi

[Wizard]

I am having problems openning saved word files and new documents using
Windows98/MSoffice 2000. I just recently installed updates that were
suggested and since then I get a permenant error 1) low on resources to start
the program 2) winword.exe will not start...I have been sucessful by opeining
documents going to my start menu and run winword.exe /a which allows me to
pull word and then open documents using that. Is there anything I can do
where I can go to the old fashioned way of double clicking on a saved word
document and opening it and starting a new document w/o going throuh run
winword.exe /a? Thnaks for the help!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

 

[Wizard]

Hi Thanks for the prompt response. I tried to loacate the Normal.dot files
and attempted to run *.dot files..I cannot seem to locate any of the
Normal.dot File(s). Secondly I went into word and Tools+Options+File Folders
and hit the modify button to locate the MS Startup and when i went in the
folder there was nothing in there. The program was factory preset so I don't
have disk to reinstall....is there a way to check otherways or fix the
problems. Also, I tried to tun the link to the start-up and i get error of
missing library components to complete run....thank again.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In Windows XP, the folder containing Normal.dot (which is the path shown for
"Document templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options) is a
hidden folder. You have to tell Windows to display hidden and system files
and folders.