Re: Recently used file list in Word 2003
- From: bubbie <bubbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:37:01 -0700
I did some searching on the web and found where a site where it said that the
"normal.dot" file sometimes gets corrupted. It said to rename the file to
"normalold.dot" and that Word would make a new "normal.dot" file.
I tried that and it worked! The old file name isn't there anymore.
Thanks to all who gave me suggestions.
I hope this fix that I found helps others who are having similar problems.
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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
Sadly... when the only thing that seems to fix a problem is to create a new.
Windows user profile... that's what I end up doing.
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"bubbie" <bubbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hooray!! At least I found out one thing. When I made a new user profile
Word
worked just fine. So it must be as you say: there must be something wrong
with the user profile's Word settings section . Now the question is: what
can
I do about it?
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Life isn''t about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain
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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
What happens if you create a new Windows user profile? Does the problem
occur for that new user? If not, I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps your
user profile's Word settings section has become corrupted.
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Author of the Word 2007 Bible
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"bubbie" <bubbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK. I tried both ways and had no success. It still shows the old name.
Excel,
Publisher, etc don't have the problem. This is the only problem of its
kind.
BTW, I know that this is probably a stupid question, but should I have
restarted the computer after I renamed the key? And I didn't rename the
"bag", only the key inside the bag.
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Life isn''t about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the
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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
I would try renaming that key, rather than deleting it, to see if it
fixes
the problem. If you end up with more problems, instead, you can
always
rename it again.
This article explains a bit about the Bags items in general:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_common_tasks.htm
But, let me make sure I understand the problem.
1. You have a file name Oldbubbie.doc. It exists.
2. You've recently edited Newbubbie.doc.
3. When you click on File in the Word menu, Oldbubbie.doc shows up in
the
list. (Does Newbubbie.doc show up, too, by the way, and if it does,
does
clicking on it open the correct file?)
4. When you click on Oldbubbie.doc in the list, Newbubbie.doc opens
instead.
Is that correct? If you have Excel or another Office program that
remembers
recent file names, do they exhibit the same issue?
Let's see if renaming the registry entry fixes it. If not, there might
be
something more sinister going on. When file pointers appear to be
messed
up,
I start to worry about file, folder, and disk corruption.
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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
"bubbie" <bubbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I ran the Regscanner you mentioned and this is where I found the name
of
the
old file. What is your suggestion on this? Should I delete the
information
found in that key?
Thanks for your help!!
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\Bags\1771\Shell
ItemPos1280x800(1) REG_BINARY
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~ author unknown
"Alan Edwards" wrote:
FWIW
You may have searched the Registry but the value may not be found
with
a search. Regedit in XP does not find that binary data for me but a
third party application (Regscanner) does.
Have a look at the value of "Settings" in the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Data
....Alan
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:39:00 -0700, in
microsoft.public.office.misc,
bubbie <bubbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. It removes it from the list. But after
I
open
another file, the old name reappears again. When I click on that
old
name, it
opens the file I last opened. (I hope that makes sense.)
I searched the registry for the old file name, but came up emptry.
Any
other
suggestion would be appreciated!.
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