>My project behaves well (usually). The project creates a word reference:
>oWord=CREATEOBJECT('Word.Application')
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>I was testing on a laptop with XP home (i think the instanciation had worked well in the past).
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>However, this time, an error was reported that the createobject service could not locate 'Word.APplication'.
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>Any help appreciated - if anyone knows of a good read that would aid in understanding (diagnosing) upset events by looking at registry or service viewers - please relay.
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>THanks

Rather then dealing with the vagaries of the registry, I've always found that reinstalling the "missing" application works.