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Word problems

Everytime I open a Word document, every document on my computer opens. How do I make it stop?, Every time I open a Word document, every document on my computer opens. How do I make it stop?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Oct 10, 2012 7:47 AM

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Oct 11, 2012 4:38 AM in response to Kigali

I just tried the commands that disguise posted - too many arguements with the


cd ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.microsoft.Word.savedState


Maybe he/she will post again.


I did find the directory that he/she has suggested moving:


User uploaded file

It's in your User>Library folder (to access your user Library, go to Finder and hold down the option key while clicking on the Go menu). Maybe he/she just means that you should move that folder to the Desktop (with Word closed) and then reopen Word and see if you've the same problem. If so, then you could always just put it back. No need to go through Terminal, it seems.


Clinton

Oct 11, 2012 7:18 AM in response to Kigali

The "too many arguments" error message refers to the fact that the "Saved Application State" folder has blank spaces embedded within it. The C-shell parses the "cd" command and finds too many arguments. This is my fault for not making this clear. Sorry.



In general, what I was recommending you to do was to move the file "windows.plist" in the folder


~/Library/Saved Application State/com.microsoft.Word.savedState


to ~/Desktop


Now I need to clarify that ~ (tilde) gets translated by C-shell to the users home directory - for example


~/Library gets translated to /Users/Kigali/Library



(For more information - you should read up on the C-shell)


To remedy the situation - you can follow Clinton's lead and use "Finder" to perform the same function

that I originally prescribed. Hope this helps

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