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Type doc for earlier versions of Word or docx for newer versions of Word.

In the Search dialogue box, enter the name of the document and press Enter.

Search for the original document on the hard drive Here are a few different methods for recovering Word files: You realize that you were unable to save that urgent document, and now need to recover it to beat your deadline. There are instances when you are midway through completing a Microsoft Word document, when there is a sudden power outage. Tomorrow: the pros and cons of Windows' System Restore.You can recover lost Word files from this screen. Closing Word 2007 after Vista SP1 was installed causes a crash with this error message.

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I may have to use System Restore or my most recent image backup to reset my PC to its state before SP1 was installed, but I'm going to wait a while before taking this step in hopes that a patch becomes available, or I stumble upon a fix.

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I searched the error code and mso.dll it mentioned and tried several of the suggestions offered in various forums, but nothing solved the glitch: Not updating my printer driver, not editing the Registry, not even relocating my Office 2007 installation. When I reopened Word the normal way I could access all settings, but the program still crashes whenever I close it. The Add-ins dialog under the Trust Center options in Word 2007 Since my 'functionality' was already pretty compromised, I figured I didn't have much to lose. There I checked Disable all Application Add-ins (may impair functionality) in the right window. I clicked the Trust Center tab in the left pane of the Word Options window, then the Trust Center Settings button, and the Add-ins tab on the left. (The privacy setting the diagnostic program referenced was already checked, so that advice turned out to be pointless.) That told me the problem had to be due to a Word add-in. This allowed me to get to all the Word options, and to close the program without crashing.

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I reopened Word without loading the Normal.dotm template or any add-ins by pressing the Windows key, typing winword.exe /a, and pressing Enter. Microsoft Office Diagnostics may direct you to activate this feature in Word 2007's Privacy Options. None of the tests indicated any problems, though one of the results directed me to check 'Download a file periodically that helps determine system problems' in the Privacy Options dialog box, after which I was instructed to wait a week for the problem to fix itself. Use the Microsoft Office Diagnostics utility to troubleshoot problems with Office apps. Since I couldn't access the program via the Resources tab in the Word Options dialog box (only the options on the Popular tab were available), I ran it from the Start menu shortcut under Microsoft Office Tools. I then decided to run the Microsoft Office Diagnostics utility. This catch-all repair, which I've used in the past to reset Word, had no effect this time. Word simply recreates the template the next time it opens, with all settings back to their defaults. My first attempt at a fix was to close Word, and then find and rename the Normal.dotm template (it's called Normal.dot in earlier versions). Unfortunately, it took me the better part of an afternoon to figure out this partial solution, and I'm no closer to finding the source of the crashes, though Vista SP1 is the prime suspect.

#WORD CRASHES WHEN OPENING DOCUMENT HOW TO#

I still haven't figured out how to keep Word from crashing on exit, but I regained access to the program's settings by disabling all add-ins. A funny thing happened after I installed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on my PC: Word 2007 started crashing whenever I closed it, and all but a handful of the application's settings became inaccessible.

Word crashes when opening document