re: winword.exe missing Monday, December 29, 2003 at 8:38 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted) The problem is likely to be the normal.dot file. The procedure is described in this link. Troubleshooting-Word JmC On Monday, December 29, 2003 at 5:52 pm, shar wrote: >i am using MS Works and Works Suite 2000. in both programs Word will no longer open. > None of my Word documents will open. when i right click on a word document, the >first option is 'quick view' instead of 'open'. apparently both winword.exe and >AW.DLL are missing. quick view does open the document but i cannot edit or print >the document. when i try to open a new Word document i get a message that says: >cannot access; files needed to start the program may be missing, deleted, or corrupted; >to restore, reinstall. first time i reinstalled i got message: setup is unable to >register tasks. i tried reinstalling 2nd time, did not get register message but >word documents still cannot be opened or started. spreadsheets are not affected. > HELP! Written in response to: winword.exe missing (shar: Monday, December 29, 2003 at 5:52 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] winword.exe missing (shar: Mon, Dec 29, 2003, 5:52 pm) re: winword.exe missing (JmC: Mon, Dec 29, 2003, 8:38 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum