Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!vanover From: vanover@bcsaic.UUCP (Jann VanOver) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Fun Problem with Microsoft Word 4.0 Message-ID: <44609@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: 8 Apr 91 20:43:14 GMT References: <9104060051.aa28855@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU> Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 21 In article <9104060051.aa28855@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU> kanderso@liege.ICS.UCI.EDU (Kenneth Anderson) writes: >I'm having one of those really fun problems in which an application that has >worked for me perfectly since I bought it 2-3 years ago, has decided to >go bad when I wasn't looking... > >... I get the following cheerful message... > >The application "Microsoft Word" has unexpectedly quit.(2) > >Anyone have this problem and fix it? Where can I go to find out what the >(2) means I have all of the Inside Macintosh books but I couldn't find >anything in them to help. > Yeah, I know what to do. Trash it. Get out your distribution disk and reinstall it. Sometimes applications just get mixed up and need to be put out of their misery. Get a fresh copy and see if it helps. Good Luck! Jann VanOver vanover@atc.boeing.com