Yes. I'm having a slightly different save problem with Excel where I get a message saying there is a sharing violation. Excel then saves the file with an odd numerical name and I have to retrieve and rename the file to the original filename. I will uninstall Word and Excel and then clean the registry using j16 power tools and the free Revo software. Then I'll re-install and see how it goes.



I have already tried repairing office but I may try that one more time before uninstalling.

Thanks very much for the help.

Don

Do let me know how it goes

What I am suggesting is like this: you install a 3d party program on a trial basis, the time runs out, you uninstall it, then reinstall it, but the program "knows" what you are up to What is happening is the Official Uninstall still keeps stuff in the Registry--this is how the program knows what you are doing

The same concept goes with Office or the Internet Explorer

Many things in Windows is NOT what it seems, e.g., file deletion -- This is why cops always confiscate a criminal's computer, because s/he thinks s/he has deleted certain files