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Q121799: PC Win: MS Word Attachments Open Multiple Copies of Program

Article: Q121799
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,3.2,3.2a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 04-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 3.2, 3.2a 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you open Mail attachments using Microsoft Word version 6.0 for Windows,
Word may open multiple instances of itself. This behavior can potentially create
resource problems in Microsoft Windows.

CAUSE
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Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows normally allows for multiple documents to be open
in one instance of the program. For this to occur, the documents must be opened
from within the active Microsoft Word for Windows session. When documents are
associated with the executable file (WINWORD.EXE), Word for Windows does not
determine whether an instance of the program is running; it just opens an
instance of the program executable file for that particular document.
Subsequently opening other documents attached to Mail messages will result in
additional instances of the program being started.

This behavior is the way Microsoft Word for Windows is designed to handle opening
separate document files directly; it is not caused by the Microsoft Mail for PC
Networks Windows client.

RESOLUTION
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You can avoid this problem by associating a .DOC file with "Microsoft Word 6.0
Document" rather than with WINWORD.EXE.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00b 3.20 3.20a Word multiple documents

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMail300 kbMail320 kbMail300b kbMail320a
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,3.2,3.2a

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