Vista - Word 2007 not responding

Help! Word keeps locking up and gives the mesage "not responding" This worked
fine for 4 months and now suddenly it gives me this message when I want to
ope a saved file or close word. I find this very annoying. This office
program cost way too much money not to work. I have been told it could be
templates, but I am not an IT speacialist, so I need more detailed
information in order to fix the problem.
Thanks to anyone who may be able to help me.

You can test if it is templates by typing in Start Run

winword /a

If word works then it is templates.
"Veronica" <Veronica@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8F505F5C-ABF9-44FA-9716-FAC84E5166DA@xxxxxx

I had the exact same problem. I did as you suggested and sure enough, it worked. Do I have to Start Run winword /a from now on?

tmaxmill <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:
Do you really think anyone is still monitoring this thread after a
freaking year?

Evidently you are. So, do you have any useful advice?

tmaxmill <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:
It's completely NEW here, bozo. You're on Usenet, and don't have a
clue.

Settle down kids !! Just goes to show,doesn't it..no matter how old the post..the advice is still relevant,and equally importantly,it just solved somebody's issue! Fantastic, I say !!

worked for me too!

Regardless of the age of the original post - this fix came up as 3rd on the list for Word 2007 not responding in Google.

I purchased Office 2007 about 3 months ago and have had nothing but trouble with opening Word since. I downloaded patches and fixes that I found months ago and nothing has worked until now.

typing "winword /a" worked!

Thank you!