Re: Launch problems: prefs

From: Ben Smith (ben_at_smithpoint.net)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:32:34 -0500

I thought it might be a font issue, but deleting the prefs fixes it
temporarily. The hang takes place immediately, before any explanatory text
shows on the splash screen.
-Ben

in article 1gpt44h.1emmmq31xy1ysmN%matt@tidbits.com, matt neuburg at
matt@tidbits.com wrote on 1/3/05 12:41 PM:

> Ben Smith <ben@smithpoint.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi. About once a week I have to delete Word 2004 prefs to get it to launch.
>> It just hangs in the middle for some reason. Any idea why?
>
> In the splash screen that comes up when Word is launching, it tell you
> what it's doing. You can use this to figure out what part of the launch
> process it's having trouble with. I'm betting you have a fonts problem,
> but the splash screen should confirm this the next time it happens. m.
>

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