Mactopia: [Announce] Word 2008 "crash on launch/quit"

Mactopia: [Announce] Word 2008 "crash on launch/quit" - Workarounds http://www.officeformac.com/ms/microsoft.public.mac.office.word Microsoft has confirmed that a *possible* cause for Word 2008 crashing on launch (or quit) is the presence of preference files from previous versions of Word. If you have this problem, try one of these workarounds: 1. Quit out of all versions of Word and trash (or rename) all Word preference files *prior* to Word 2004: Home/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (10) HD/OS 9 System Folder/Preferences/Microsoft/ Word Settings (9)         HD/OS 9 System Folder/Preferences/Microsoft/ Word Settings (<img src="/Images/e/ooh.gif" align="top" border="0" width=15 height=15> 2. Hold down the Shift key when launching Word. (This bypasses the First Run Update process so Office doesn't go looking for previous version preference files.) Unfortunately, this tells Word not to load any prefs at all even Word 2008 prefs and you will need to do this on every launch, so it's not a long-term workaround. -- ***Please always reply to the newsgroup!*** Beth Rosengard Mac MVP Mac Word FAQ: <<a href="http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html">http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html</a>> My Site: <<a href="http://www.bethrosengard.com">http://www.bethrosengard.com</a>> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:04:52 GMT Web Crossing(r) Unix-v6.4 built Jan 14 2010 18:50:13 (source:1372 2010-01-14 15:39:31 -0800)/Unix-6.4 (http://webcrossing.com/) http://backend.userland.com/rss