PC freezes when I open a file

[Mike Row Soft]

I have a four-page document with a lot of URLs. Whenever I open it, my mouse
cannot click anything for about two minutes, and the document itself remains
frozen for five minutes.

 

[Terry Farrell]

If it is only that one document, it suggests that it is partially corrupt.
Not knowing which version of Word or OS you are using makes it difficult to
give you options to sort it out, but try the Open and Repair function first.

 

[Mike Row Soft]

Word 2003

If it is only that one document, it suggests that it is partially corrupt.
Not knowing which version of Word or OS you are using makes it difficult to
give you options to sort it out, but try the Open and Repair function first.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP



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[Terry Farrell]

Mike

Try Open & Repair in w2003.

If that fails, get the document opened and SaveAs choosing html format.
Close it, reopen it and SaveAs back as a Word document.

Terry

 

[Mike Row Soft]

I used Detect and Repair. Now, Office is completely destroyed. When I try
to launch an Excel spreadsheet from an Outlook email, it goes into a
nonsensical Intstaller window, looks for an .msi file that cannot be found,
then crashes.

I tried the other idea and now the document is frozen even longer.

Result: document still freezes PC, now Excel malfunctioning badly.

I tried the Installer Cleanup, that had zero effect.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Who said anything about Detect and Repair? I wrote OPEN AND REPAIR - a
document level function.

I suggest that you log in as Administrator and reinstall Office.

Terry

 

[Mike Row Soft]

What is Open and Repair and how is it done in 2003?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Select a file. Click the arrow beside the Open button and choose Open and
Repair.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Mike Row Soft]

I don't see it. The arrow only offers Word, Wordpad, and Explorer.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Are you selecting the file in the Open dialog box (Ctrl+O) from within Word?

 

[Mike Row Soft]

Yes I am.

Are you selecting the file in the Open dialog box (Ctrl+O) from within Word?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP






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[Terry Farrell]

When you use File, Open (Ctrl+O) in Word, at the bottom right of the File
Open dialog, the OPEN button has a little arrow attached to its side and
clicking this will expose the Open and Repair option. If you don't have it,
you don't have Word 2003.

Terry

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

From the description, though, of his options being Word, WordPad, and
(Internet) Explorer, it sounds very much as if he's trying to open the
document from My Computer or the Documents MRU list and is right-clicking on
the filename.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org