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    Microsoft words sometime opens twice

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by matmat07, Apr 22, 2010.

  1. matmat07

    matmat07 Notebook Evangelist

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    Sometime then I open a document, the document open as it should, but there's another instance of Word that appears with no page. How can I get rid of that second instance opening

    Edit: It seem to happen for the first time I use word after I restarted the computer
     
    matmat07, Apr 22, 2010
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  2. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    I have fought with this issue for over two years and never could find a solution. Like you it only happens for the first document I open after a reboot. I have the issue with Word and Excel.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 23, 2010
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  3. matmat07

    matmat07 Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you have modified it, or tried to reinstall?
     
    matmat07, Apr 24, 2010
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  4. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    I have no idea what that first phrase means, but in answer to the second yes I tried a reinstall. It didn't help.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 24, 2010
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  5. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    Did either of you try a repair? (control panel > programs and features > select office > change > repair?

    Also, did either of you try to delete ALL normal.dot
    ?
     
    gerryf19, Apr 24, 2010
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  6. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    Weird, I haven't encountered this issue anytime with Office 2007. What version of Office are you using?
     
    coolguy, Apr 24, 2010
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  7. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Yes and yes. I've just learned to live with it since it only occurs on the first Word file and first Excel file I open after a reboot. (And I rarely reboot.)

    Gary

    P.S. Rajesh it is Office 2007.
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 25, 2010
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  8. tornbacchus

    tornbacchus GO leafs.. Wait, Nevermid

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    Have you tried the service packs for office?

    Does it only happen when you click on a saved document? or when you actually click to open the main program?
     
    tornbacchus, Apr 25, 2010
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  9. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    If you have access to a machine that does not do this, press Alt-f11 and compare the vba settings.
     
    gerryf19, Apr 25, 2010
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  10. ScuderiaConchiglia

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    All service packs applied. Only happens on the first saved document asfter a reboot.

    Gary

    What am I looking for specifically?

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 25, 2010
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  11. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    Unfortunately, everything....I don't know what might be causing this.

    'nother question....when you uninstalled, did you remove everything? I mean go into Program Files, delete the folders. Go into your profile and delete any folders beneath Application and Local (or the Windows vista/7 equivalents).

    I've uninstalled Office before and then reinstalled only to have the same problem because Office leaves so much behind
     
    gerryf19, Apr 25, 2010
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  12. ScuderiaConchiglia

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    Not sure why you suggested the VBA settings then. What make you think they might be in play? Do you have some hunch this is based on or are we just grasping at straws?

    As for deleting all the ancillary stuff, no I didn't bother with that or the registry either. It is such a minor annoyance, that I didn't go to that extent to cure it.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 26, 2010
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  13. n0elia

    n0elia Come on Haswell...

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    I've had this problem for years in Vista, but after swithcing to Win7 the problem has gone
     
    n0elia, Apr 26, 2010
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  14. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    vba is just a hunch....I am hunting for things that are universal between excel and word--perhaps a macro installed by a third party program. They should show there
     
    gerryf19, Apr 26, 2010
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  15. ScuderiaConchiglia

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    Did you UPGRADE to Win7 from Vista or clean install?

    Gary

    No macro's installed. I even compared the VBA properties and found nothing unusual. It's still a mystery.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 26, 2010
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