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MS Office Forum / Word / Word Errors / July 2007Not a valid Win32 application
I am using Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, and have been using it for a number of years. About two weeks ago, I couldn't open a Word document that was sent to me as an attachment a few weeks prior. I opened it when I originally got it with no problem. Then I got an email with a different Word document, and I couldn't open it. Then I couldn't open up Word documents in My Documents that I created ages ago. Now I am worried. I do a Norton AntiVirus scan every week, but I did another one. I downloaded AdAware 2007, and ran it. Then I went to Help in Word, and tried to repair Word. Then I uninstalled Office 2000 Professional, and reinstalled it. But nothing has worked. What else can I do?  SignatureBen See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm . > I am using Microsoft Office 2000 Professional, and have been using it for a > number of years. About two weeks ago, I couldn't open a Word document that [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Word, and tried to repair Word. Then I uninstalled Office 2000 Professional, > and reinstalled it. But nothing has worked. What else can I do? That was a great suggestion. I didn't know about that. Unforunately, it did not work. Any other ideas? SignatureBen > See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm . > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Word, and tried to repair Word. Then I uninstalled Office 2000 Professional, > > and reinstalled it. But nothing has worked. What else can I do? Please quote the win32 error message exactly and completely. What version of Windows do you have? > That was a great suggestion. I didn't know about that. Unforunately, it did > not work. Any other ideas? When I double click on any saved Word document, it says .....doc is not a valid Win32 application. SignatureBen > Please quote the win32 error message exactly and completely. What > version of Windows do you have? > > > That was a great suggestion. I didn't know about that. Unforunately, it did > > not work. Any other ideas? In Windows Explorer or My Computer, click on Tools | Folder Options | File Types. Scroll down the list of registered file types until you see "DOC Microsoft Word Document", left-click on it once to select it, and click on Advanced. In the list of Actions, "Open" should be the default (indicated by bold print). If "Open" isn't the default, make it so. If "Run" is one of the listed actions, remove it. > When I double click on any saved Word document, it says .....doc is not a > valid Win32 application. A new development. If I right click on a Word document, and choose Open with Microsoft Word for Windows, the document opens up. But if I double click on the document, it does not open, and I get the message that the .doc is not a valid Win32 application. SignatureBen > Please quote the win32 error message exactly and completely. What > version of Windows do you have? > > > That was a great suggestion. I didn't know about that. Unforunately, it did > > not work. Any other ideas? That pretty much tells me your .doc file association is screwed up, which the "Reregister Word" instructions should have fixed. > A new development. If I right click on a Word document, and choose Open with > Microsoft Word for Windows, the document opens up. But if I double click on > the document, it does not open, and I get the message that the .doc is not a > valid Win32 application. Right-click on a Word document, and left-click on Open With | Choose Program | Microsoft Word | check the "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" box | OK. > A new development. If I right click on a Word document, and choose Open with > Microsoft Word for Windows, the document opens up. But if I double click on > the document, it does not open, and I get the message that the .doc is not a > valid Win32 application. Thank you so much. I did what you suggested, and that solved the problem. SignatureBen > Right-click on a Word document, and left-click on Open With | Choose > Program | Microsoft Word | check the "Always use the selected program to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > the document, it does not open, and I get the message that the .doc is not a > > valid Win32 application. |
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