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SUMMARYIn the Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1, you lose the ability to perform drag and drop printing of Microsoft Word for Windows version 2.0 or 6.0 documents from the Windows File Manager if you delete or sufficiently modify the Windows REG.DAT file or the OLE2.REG file in Winword 6.0. To restore the REG.DAT settings that enable you to perform drag and drop printing of Word for Windows documents, you must either rerun the Word for Windows Setup program or manually edit the REG.DAT file. MORE INFORMATIONWinword 6.0:Winword 6.0 by default self registers itself when the program is started, if this does not happen the recommended method to restore the OLE2.REG settings is to reinstall Word for Windows using the Custom Installation option. To do this, use the following steps:
Winword 2.X:The recommended method to restore the REG.DAT settings is to reinstall Word for Windows using the Custom Installation option. To do this, use the following steps:
For more information on the default REG.DAT settings for Word for Windows, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: default and values and regedit.exe and reg.dat REFERENCES
"Microsoft Windows Resource Kit," version 3.1, pages 359-365, 454
Additional query words: 2.0 2.0a 6.0 cannot word6 winword winword2 registration
Keywords : kbole kbprint kbsetup |
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