Word 2000 not responding

[B parkerson]

recently updated windows live messenger, and for some reason I cannot open
word effectively. A screen appears, but no tool bar, and the system
indicates it is not responding. I can however, open it by typing under the
run command winword.exe /a. Also, I deleted the data registry as recommended
to another user.

 

[macropod]

Hi,

Have you tried repairing you Office installation via the Windows Control Panel?

You could also try the approaches suggested here:
http://www.wopr.com/index.php?showtopic=197827&st=0&p=197827&#entry197827
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541
for various series of troubleshooting steps that will help you track down (and hopefully solve) the problem.