Problem opening MS Office 97 Word & Excel, It thinks everything is loaded twice.?

Question

What is wrong?

It only happens on the 1st ".doc" and ".xls" I open (100% of the time no was file and I have 1000's).

If I already have a ".doc" and ".xls" and open another one I "do not" get the warning message box.

I know how to get rid of it, I just want find and eliminate the cause.

When I open a MS office 97 Word I get:
xx.doc is being used by XX XXX. Do you want to make a copy? OK or Cancel" (option).
or "Do you want to revert to the saved "xxxxx"? YES or NO" (option)

Xls give a difference response, but it means the same thing.

I have no other programs open.

My MSconfig is down to the bare bones, There is no conflect there.

My registry clean, with no duplicate entries.

I have deleted and reloaded MS office Pro program that does not.

I am using Windows XL SP2.

Answer 1

Are the files password or write-protected? That may be the cause.

Answer 2

i assume you have rebooted the device? someway word believes the checklist is open. I dont bear in mind if word shops thisin the registry. you're able to be able to purpose working "regedit.exe" andsee if the the word checklist call shows in teh registry, and then delete that registry get right of entry to.