File Being Used

You mentioned double-clicking on the file. I assume you don't have Windows
set to respond to a single click?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"LeBaron Moseby" wrote in message
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Dear Suzanne,

I deleted all files with *.tmp extension. There were no files found with
~$*.do?

Still the problem persists.

I did read Graham's link and the second one you sent. I can't find any
files of the
format suggested on the disk and so do not believe I have any left over
files locking anything. Actually I have never seen Word crash since I
installed Windows XP a couple years ago. I even made two new files and
saved them on the desktop. I immediately encountered the same problem -
when the file is double clicked same erroneous message. When opened the
file
is opened from within Word works fine, i.e. no messages. These are brand
new
files just created and saved on the desktop. Nothing untoward happened
with Word. I got no messages about incorrectly closing Word, etc.

While I never was able to find any files of with names picked up with the
wildcard ~$*.do?, some of the temp files found would not delete
immediately. They
apparently were in use by programs running at the startup. So I ran
msconfig and
disabled all start programs and was then able to delete all *.tmp files.

Since I was running Norton Protection (I usually do), the deleted files
just got
moved to the unprotected space. To really delete them I had to disabled
all
of Norton's protections and delete them again.

I also ran a two utilities to make sure the registry was okay, especially
the file types section. I used Registry Mechanic from PC Magazine and
Norton WinDoc 2002. I even optimized the registry and ran Norton's
defrag - Speed Disk. Speed disk won't run if any problems with directory.
So that is okay. I even tried turning off the DDE links for the file type
and made the open instruction the default command started with the file
types. Fortunately I used system restore to reset the parameters after
trying each of these changes. Nothing worked and the system is back to
the
state it was the day I wrote my first request for help last week.

I have read everything you suggested and done everything mentioned and
MORE.

Still the problem persists. Do you have any other suggestions?

LeBaron