It could be a security issue. Try to run the application as an admin to se if it's the case

>I have a client using a VFP 6 app that opens and writes to Word. After installing Office 2010 they are now getting the error: could not open document.
>The template folder is setup correctly in Word's options.
>
>Is there a known issue with Win 7 + Office 2010 + earlier versions of VFP?
>

>	oWord = CREATEOBJECT("Word.Application")
>	oDoc = oWord.Documents.Add(tcTemplate)
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>tia