Re: Cant Open File & Tools Menus!

Thanks Doug, I actually found this post on the MVP site a few minutes before
I saw your message, I tried the reg keys but they failed to correct the
problem.

I found that by doing the "winword.exe /a" command this enabled the menus to
work but this did not fully solve the problem, as without using the /a
command the problem still exists.

As a work around for my user I have created a shortcut to Word with the /a
command so that he can use word as normal, however I still need to find a way
to make a permanent fix so that I no longer have tho use the /a command.

Thanks for your help.

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

> See the article "My menus and toolbars are missing and won't come back" at:
>
> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm
>
>
> --
> Hope this helps.
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
> services on a paid consulting basis.
>
> Doug Robbins - Word MVP
> "S Sainsbury" <SSainsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:43304E77-FA6B-4D59-83C9-B70056B4BA60@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Any user with a new profile that opens Word for the first time is unable
> > to
> > open the File or Tools menus, no dropdown menu appears, all other menus
> > work
> > fine. Also these same menus work fine in Access, Excel etc, only Word is
> > affected.
> >
> > I have tried recreating their profiles but the problem continues. The
> > problem happens on new office installs, old installs, installs with the
> > latest updates and those without updates.
> >
> > The problem surfaced a couple of months ago when new users started and
> > since
> > then I have found the problem arises with any user that has a new profile
> > created.
> >
> > With Citrix users I found that by deleting their profile and creating a
> > new
> > one on another server,that worked. However the problem is now arising on
> > PC
> > users that dont use Citrix and no matter how many times I create a new
> > profile, the problem continues.
> >
> > PC's are all XP SP2 using Office XP and also have McAfee AV & Anti-Spyware
> > running, the AV was installed at around the time the issue started, this
> > is
> > the only major change to our systems.
> >
> > On the Citrix side the servers are running W2K with Office XP
> >
> > Has anyone else had this problem? Any idea how I can correct this?
> >
>
>
>
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