Mr Wright,

Thank you for pointing me to the Microsoft's knowledge base. The article
you gave me allowed me to delete my "normal.dot" file. Word now starts like
it used to.

Again, thank you for replying.

<snip>
>The "/a" switch causes Winword to bypass using both the registry setting
>and loading the Normal.dot template for WInword.   In effect, if Word for
>WIndows
>runs fine using this switch you have either a corrupted registry for Word or
>a corrupted Normal.dot file.   Reloading MS Word will not solve this problem.
>You have two options:
>
>1)  Delete your registry and reload Windows, a great deal of work rebuilding
>      all your settings...  or...
>2)  Go to Microsoft's knowledge base and follow the instructions on curing
>      the problem:   Article number => Q236319 (also a bit of work)
>
>As far as accessing the archives for PCSOFT, they are available on
>the web at:   http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/pcsoft.html
>
>    Bob Wright



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