Word Viewer Always Starts as New Instance of Program
Article ID: 166062
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Viewer
- Microsoft Office Word 2003
- Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q166062
SYMPTOMS
When you start Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000, it always
creates another instance of Word Viewer, even if Word Viewer is already
running.
For example, any one of the following actions creates
another instance of Word Viewer:
- Double-clicking a document.
- Right-clicking a document, and then clicking WordView on the shortcut menu.
- Starting Word Viewer from the Windows Start menu.
- Double-clicking Wordview.exe.
STATUS
Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
in the "Applies to" section of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
You can use the Microsoft Word 97-2000 Viewer to view
documents that were created in Microsoft Word 97, in Microsoft Word 2000, in
Microsoft Word 2002, and in Microsoft Office Word 2003.
REFERENCES
For additional information about Word Viewer 97-2000, click
the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
165908
How to Obtain Microsoft Word Viewers
Additional query words: WV WD97 WD2000 WD2002 WD2003
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