Re: Word 2004 will not launch

From: Bill Weylock (bill_at_nospam.net)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:42:00 -0800

I havenąt messed with fonts in a long time. I have three or four I like and
no use for the others, so this is not a familiar problem area.

Still, I do have a lot of them because Iąve installed lots of Adobe packages
over the years.

I took all of the OS9 fonts out of their folder and all of the Library/Fonts
fonts out of that folder. Then I logged off and on. Same Database Daemon
application launch failure alert. No change in the (non-) launch of Word.

Then I put those fonts back and did the same routine with the fonts in the
~/Library/Fonts folder. Logged off. Logged on with exactly the same bad
results.

This is becoming pretty frustrating.

I know it has something to do with that Database Daemon alert, but what is
causing that???

Phooey. (and thanks!)

Best,

 - Bill

On 3/1/05 2:46 PM, in article BE4A30CB.9969%bethrosengard@earthlink.net,
"Beth Rosengard" <bethrosengard@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> I just realized (duh!) that if it were a permissions/locked issue, you
> wouldnąt be able to open *any* of the Office apps, not just Word. So it isnąt
> that.
>
> I know it doesnąt seems to make sense, but crash-on-launch is most often due
> to font conflicts or corruption. I know you probably didnąt change your fonts
> during the SuperDuper procedure, but that doesnąt mean a font issue couldnąt
> have arisen. If no better suggestion surfaces, you should probably try
> testing for corrupt and/or duplicate fonts. See the following URL for the
> procedure (and a few other possibilities):
> <http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/DiagnoseYourProblem.htm>. Look at the first
> section of the table.
>
> Beth
>
>
>
> On 3/1/05 2:37 PM, in article BE4A2E8F.9960%bethrosengard@earthlink.net, "Beth
> Rosengard" <bethrosengard@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> I assume you already Repaired Disk Permissions?
>>
>> Matt Neuburg has posted that the Framework error can mean that permissions
>> are wrong on the Microsoft User Data (MUD) folder. You have to change this
>> manually (using Get Info). It could also be that the files in the Identity
>> folder (within the MUD) are locked, so check there too and make sure that
>> Owner shows your name.
>>
>> John McGhie once posted about Word X that he got this error when he had an
>> old Framework file live in the Trash after removing Office. So be sure your
>> trash is empty too.
>>
>> Good luck :-).

Panther 10.3.6
Office 2004
Windows XP Pro SP2
Office 2003

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