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hlang56@tiscali.nl - 11 Oct 2003 18:43 GMT

I'm trying to get back my menubars on the desktop of Word 2000. Lately I
came back at work and my bars were disappeared and nobody knows how to get
it back. The only thing I get is a field in where I can load my document and
nothing else. No file menu and so on. How can I get it back while I tried
all the functionkeys and more but nothing helps. Please somebody who knows
how to deal with it help me.

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Greg Maxey - 11 Oct 2003 19:37 GMT

See:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm

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> I'm trying to get back my menubars on the desktop of Word 2000.
> Lately I came back at work and my bars were disappeared and nobody
> knows how to get it back. The only thing I get is a field in where I
> can load my document and nothing else. No file menu and so on. How
> can I get it back while I tried all the functionkeys and more but
> nothing helps. Please somebody who knows how to deal with it help me.

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PeteD - 20 Oct 2003 13:33 GMT

OK this (http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm) worked
fine - I now have menus back (Word 97) The saddest bit about this is that
=completely= removing and reinstalling the complete Office 97 DOESN'T
achieve the same thing as deleting this (the data key) registry item.

Really really really sloppy programming - whoever wrote that bit of the
install software should be shot - slowly...

> See:
> http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm
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> > can I get it back while I tried all the functionkeys and more but
> > nothing helps. Please somebody who knows how to deal with it help me.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 20 Oct 2003 15:30 GMT

No, this is by design. Word preserves your custom settings (Normal.dot and
Registry settings) when you install a new version over an old one or
reinstall Word; most users don't want to lose their customizations on a
reinstall. In order to completely uninstall Word you have to use one of the
"eraser" utilities that clears out all Registry entries.

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> OK this (http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm) worked
> fine - I now have menus back (Word 97) The saddest bit about this is that
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> > > can I get it back while I tried all the functionkeys and more but
> > > nothing helps. Please somebody who knows how to deal with it help me.

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- 16 Oct 2003 02:24 GMT

if you are using word XP then change 10.0
perform the steps and you will get back your menus.
1.    Click on Start --> Run and type "regedit"
(without quotes) and click OK
2.    Once the registry editor opens up, please search
for HKEY_CURRENT_USER and click on the plus sign beside
it.
3.    Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER you have a
folder "Software" please click on the plus sign beside it.
4.    Under "Software" you have a folder "Microsoft",
please click on the plus sign beside it.
5.    Under "Microsoft" you have a folder "Office",
please click on the plus sign beside it.
6.    Under "Office" you have a folder "9.0", please
click on the plus sign beside it.
7.    Under "9.0" you have a folder "Word", please
click on the plus sign beside it.
8.    In the word folder you have two folders Data and
options, I request you to rename the folders "Data" to
Data1 and "Options" to "Options1" and close the window.

best regards
Ashokvemulapalli.
you can reply me at ashokvemulapalli@yahoo.com

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