Unable to Open MS Word 2000 SR

Recently my MS Word 2000 has developed the following
glitch.
When I open the program instead of a blank page there
appears the opening page of a file which I had created
some time before but had deleted. When I click the 'open
new page' icon, the same thing happens. And so on for any
further effort to secure a blank page. In all cases the
old file with its appears on my screen. I have
uninstalled and reinstalled the MS Word Program, but the
problem remains. I cannot locate the rogue file on my
computer. Nor can I locate the Normal.Dot file. Could
this be a fault with my Operating System, Windows XP Home
Edition with Service Pack Two

JayFreedman
Wed Dec 29 15:37:03 CST 2004

Hi Eamon,

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

"EamonX1" wrote:

> Recently my MS Word 2000 has developed the following
> glitch.
> When I open the program instead of a blank page there
> appears the opening page of a file which I had created
> some time before but had deleted. When I click the 'open
> new page' icon, the same thing happens. And so on for any
> further effort to secure a blank page. In all cases the
> old file with its appears on my screen. I have
> uninstalled and reinstalled the MS Word Program, but the
> problem remains. I cannot locate the rogue file on my
> computer. Nor can I locate the Normal.Dot file. Could
> this be a fault with my Operating System, Windows XP Home
> Edition with Service Pack Two
>