Terry,

Do not simply reinstall Office.  Office will install missing files, but it
does not replace or repair the old files even if they are corrupted.

You need to UNinstall Office, delete the entire office directory structure,
reboot the PC, and THEN install Office again.

Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Terrance Barker <[log in to unmask]>

> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with Office97 shortcu bar. I've tried to re-install
> office etc. with no results.
> What happens is that from the shortcut bar if I click on the MSWord icon
> I get a error box which says that notepad can not open do you want to
> use wordpad and of course wordpad can't open it either?
> Word  works OK otherwise. this happens with all the icons on the bar
> excel, access etc.

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