WD2000: How to Ignore User Settings When You Start Word
ID: Q232605
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SUMMARY
This article describes how to ignore user option settings when starting Word 2000.
MORE INFORMATION
The /A switch allows you to start Word without loading the following
components.
- The global template (Normal.dot)
- Any add-in templates in the Startup folder
- Any add-in libraries (.wll files)
- User settings stored in the Data key in the Windows registry
NOTE: When you start Word with the /A switch, changes you make in Word that
affect any of these components are not written to disk when you quit
Word, and the changes are lost.
To start Word with the /A switch, follow these steps:
- Click the Windows Start button, and then point to Run.
- In the Run dialog box, click Browse.
- Locate and click Winword.exe. Then click the Open button.
This fills in the Open box in the Run dialog box.
- In the Open box, place the insertion point after Winword.exe.
NOTE: The path to the Winword.exe file in the Run dialog box is enclosed in quotation marks. Be sure to place the insertion point to
the right of the closing quotation mark.
- Type a space and then type "/a" (without the quotation marks).
The statement in the Open box should now resemble the following:
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT OFFICE\OFFICE\WINWORD.EXE /A
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q198553 WD2000: How to Rebuild User Preferences and Options Settings
Additional query words:
Keywords : kbdta wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo
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