Normal.dot gets renamed

P

Perry

Hi there,

Any ideas why [normal.dot] gets renamed to [normal.dot.old] when an instance
of word is called from another application.

Situation:
Powerbuilder application calls MS Word as automation server with general,
out-of-the-books automation code.

Extra info:
OS: Windows XP
MS Office XP UK with a Dutch language pack.
Word startup folder (in this enterprise setting) located in user's profile.
Problem seems to occur with a virgin/clean user's profile
(in other words: first enterprise login session or first MS Office/Word
session ...
MS Office FirstRun entry in registry = true)

We've noticed that the problem occurs once: during first MS Word session.

Once the normal.dot's owner file (~$) has been properly deleted (by MS Word
after this first session) the problem seems to disappear.

What is forcing MS Word to rename [normal.dot] to [normal.dot.old]??
or
What is set during this first MS Word session in the user's profile?
(can't see anything being set in user's profile ...)

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Krgrds,
Perry

System parameters:
POS: WinXP x64
MSO: MSOffice System
DEV: VS7 (dotnet)
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