Office 2000 pro

The problem can be bad startup files or templates.

The other day I had to delete the normal.dot file because word was closing each time it opened.

For Excel there is the xlstart.xls file that auto runs when excel is loaded. If that has a problem excel will not open.

I have also seen a problem like this on a workstation connected to a windows 2000 server.
The users profile on the server was corrupted causing the office programs not to work.
If the users disconnected from the network then the office apps would run ok.

See if this helps:
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