WD2000: How to Ignore User Settings When You Start Word

ID: Q232605

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

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

Last Reviewed: May 19, 1999