>>>>Has anybody seen this before?
>>>>
>>>>When I issue CreateObject("Word.Application"), I get the following error:
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>>>>"Class Factory cannot supply requested class"
>>>>
>>>>CreateObject("Excel.Application") works fine. I'm using Office 2003 and have been for a while now. This seems to be happening since I updated VFP9 with SP1 on Windows XP SP2.
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>>>>It's on my pc at home. I haven't updated to SP1 here at work yet - different OS anyway (Win2k sp4).
>>>>
>>>>I'm thinking I'll try reinstalling office, but I'd rather not have to, of course, so if anybody knows what this is about, I'd appreciate any help.
>>>
>>>Maybe you could try simply re-registering WinWord.EXE with RegSvr32:

* In CMD window:
>>>regsvr32 <path if required>winword.exe

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>>Tried that last night. Unfortunately, that's not the answer. I should maybe also have mentioned that if I run word, and then issue GetObject("Word.Application") while it's running, I get this message:
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>>"Moniker cannot open file"
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>>I'm sure the two issues are related, but this was not a problem before. I'm not sure why the it works with Excel, but I was thinking that maybe it's one of those things where Word needs to be installed after SP1 for some oddball reason.
>
>There was another recent thread with a similar issue - theirs was fixed by reinstalling Office. Might be worth looking at: CreateObject error on a Dell Dimension Thread #1083635 Message #1083635

Ok, now that is interesting. Thanks for the tip. I'll check Cetins's solution first. If it works, then you guys can bid for the stars ;)