Stefan
Fri Dec 14 02:06:31 PST 2007
I'm glad you got it sorted. Indeed, finding the source of a certain add-in
may require some work. Applications should really include instructions on
what add-ins they install, and how to get rid of them.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"trakkal" wrote in message
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> Thanks for your response, Stefan. This problem is now sorted, but not
> without some difficulty. I had no idea what "ZnWordAddIn" represented,
> so
> could not uninstall it. I printed "KB/820919/en-us", and followed
> instructions to the letter. This showed that the offending add-in
> belonged
> to a program called "Stuffit" by Alladin Software, so I renamed it and
> Word
> 2003 now starts without that annoying pop-up. I'll leave it "as is" for a
> while until I decide whether I need the Stuffit functionality.
> Thanks again,
> Mike
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> Brisbane, Australia
>
>
> "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>
>> Since the error message refers to a particular add-in, try uninstalling
>> it.
>> Sometimes, you can uninstall the add-in via Add and Remove Programs in
>> Control Panel; if this is not an option, see this KB article:
>>
>> How to troubleshoot problems that occur when you start or use Word 2003
>> or
>> Word 2002
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/820919/en-us
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>>
>>
>> "trakkal" wrote in message
>> news:C0ECC298-A85D-4A9E-8A9D-F052ABFFDE97@microsoft.com...
>> > Every time I start Word 2003, either from double-clicking a .doc file
>> > or
>> > the
>> > Word icon on my desktop I get a small popup headed ZnWordAddIn with the
>> > message "Type mismatch". If I click "OK" it goes away and everything
>> > seems
>> > to work normally. I'm using Office Pro 2003 SP2, and just updated to
>> > SP3 -
>> > but it made no difference. I'm running XP Home on a P4 Prescott 2.8
>> > with
>> > 1GB mem and heaps of HDD.
>> > It's not a huge problem - just annoying - but I would appreciate a fix.
>> > --
>> > Brisbane, Australia
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