Hi, Try using the following: Go to start menu then run and type in winword.exe /a then click on the ok button and see if word comes up normally. You may have a corrupted template or add-in and this should help in some way determine that. Paul. -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel Teague Sent: 12 November 2006 22:54 To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Sudden problem opening Word 2000 Dear list members, I have begun having problems each time I open Word 2000. I receive the following message: Documents & Settings\dt2\Applications Data\Microsoft\Add-ins\C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking\Program\dgnword.dll is not a valid Office Add-in. I then click OK, and Word does open. I have tried searching in the indicated locations, and, yes, there is such a DLL, but I cannot in anyway see that it has been made a Word add-in. I should mention one unusual event that I believe preceded the beginning of this behavior. One day my Word documents no longer at the word icon Windows Explorer; a WordPad icon had come instead. They still have the doc-extension, and when I double-click sound , they still open in Word. Also, no matter what I do I cannot get back Word icon. I do not know whether this is relevant to the problem of opening Word. Do you think this is fixable, or should I uninstall Word and reinstall it? TIA Daniel Teague --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************