Microsoft KB Archive/178732

= WD97: Error Message: "Word Cannot Find or Run the Application" with EZ-Photo Installed =

Article ID: 178732

Article Last Modified on 8/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q178732





SYMPTOMS
One or more of the following symptoms may occur when you have EZ-Photo installed with Microsoft Word:  Duplicate EZ-Photo toolbar buttons are added to Microsoft Word.

-or- When you click any of the EZ-Photo toolbar buttons that are installed by EZ-Photo, one of the following error messages may appear:

Microsoft Word Err=1220, "Word cannot find or run the application."

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The macro cannot be found or has been disabled because of your Macro security settings.

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 When you attempt to quit Word, you receive a message asking you to save a file called EZPHOTO.



CAUSE
The Word add-ins installed by EZ-Photo version 2.7 (and possibly earlier versions of EZ-Photo) were designed to work with Microsoft Word for Windows 95 and earlier.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, delete the Ezpwll32.wll, Ezphoto.wll, Ezpwll.wll, and Ezpwll16.wll files that are installed by EZ-Photo, and rename the global template (Normal.dot). To do this, follow these steps.

NOTE: Deleting these files removes all functionality of EZ-Photo with Microsoft Word. However, the default functionality of EZ-Photo as a program is not affected.  For Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, follow these steps:

 Quit all Windows programs.</li> Right-click Start, and then click Explore on the shortcut menu that appears.</li> In the Windows Explorer, click Folder Options on the View menu.</li> On the View tab, click the Show all files option. If the Show all files option does not appear, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> On the View tab, in the Advanced settings list, double-click Files and Folders.</li> Double-click Hidden files.</li></ol> </li> Click OK.</li> On the Tools menu, point to Find and click Files or Folders.</li> On the Name & Location tab, type one of the following file names in the Named box:

 Ezpwll32.wll</li> Ezphoto.wll</li> Ezpwll.wll</li> Ezpwll16.wll</li></ul> </li> Change the Look in box to the drive where Microsoft Word is installed. For example, change the Look in box to either C:\ or Local Hard Drives (C:,D:).</li> Select the Include subfolders check box.

NOTE: The Include subfolders check box is selected by default.</li> <li>Click Find Now.</li> <li>Click to select the file you searched for in step 7 that appears in the Find dialog box.</li> <li>On the File menu, click Delete.</li> <li>Click Yes to the following message to confirm the file deletion:

Are you sure you want to send filename to the Recycle Bin?

</li> <li>Repeat steps 7 through 13 for each of the files listed.</li> <li>In the Named box, type Normal.dot.

Please see the NOTES that follow these steps for more information about the Normal.dot file (global template).</li> <li>Click Find Now.

NOTE: The Look in box should still display either C:\ or Local Hard Drives (C:,D:) as in step 8, and the Include subfolders check box should still be selected.</li> <li>Click to select the Normal.dot file that is listed in the Find dialog box.</li> <li>On the File menu, click Rename.</li> <li>Type Normal.old and press ENTER.

NOTE: Repeat steps 16 and 17 for each Normal.dot file that is listed in the Find dialog box.</li> <li>On the File menu, click Close to close the Find dialog box.</li></ol>

-or-</li> <li>For Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Microsoft Windows 2000, follow these steps:

<ol> <li>Quit all Windows programs.</li> <li>Right-click Start, and then click Explore on the shortcut menu that appears.</li> <li>In the Windows Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Folder Options.</li> <li>On the View tab, under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders.

If Hidden files and folders is not displayed, follow these steps first: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li>On the View tab, under Advanced settings, double-click Files and Folders.</li> <li>Double-click Hidden files and folders.</li></ol> </li> <li>Click OK.</li> <li>On the Standard toolbar, click Search.</li> <li>Under Search for files or folders named, type one of the following file names:

<ul> <li>Ezpwll32.wll</li> <li>Ezphoto.wll</li> <li>Ezpwll.wll</li> <li>Ezpwll16.wll</li></ul> </li> <li>On the Look in list, click the drive where Microsoft Word is installed. For example, click C:\ or Local Harddrives (C:,D:).</li> <li>Under Search Options, select the Advanced Options check box, and then select the Search Subfolders check box.</li> <li>Click Search Now.</li> <li>Click to select the file you searched for in step 7 that appears in the Search Results pane.</li> <li>On the File menu, click Delete.</li> <li>Click Yes to the following message to confirm the file deletion:

Are you sure you want to send filename to the Recycle Bin?

</li> <li>Repeat steps 7 through 13 for each of the files listed.</li> <li>Under Search for files or folders named, type Normal.dot.

IMPORTANT: Please see the notes that follow these steps for more information about the Normal.dot file (global template).</li> <li>Click Search Now.

NOTE: The Look in list should still display either C:\ or Local Harddrives (C:,D:) as in step 8.</li> <li>Click to select the Normal.dot file that is listed in the Search Results pane.</li> <li>On the File menu, click Rename.</li> <li>Type Normal.old and press ENTER.

NOTE: Repeat steps 16 through 18 for each Normal.dot file that is listed in the Find dialog box.</li></ol> </li></ul>

NOTES:

After you rename the Normal.dot file, Word builds a new global template (Normal.dot) the next time you start and quit Microsoft Word. Note that when you rename the Normal.dot file, several options in Word may be reset back to their default settings or may be lost. These include custom styles, custom toolbars, macros, and AutoText entries. For this reason, it is strongly recommended that you rename the Normal.dot file rather than delete it.

Certain installations may yield more than one legitimate Normal.dot file. These situations include multiple versions of Word running on the same computer or several workstation installations on the same computer. In these situations, you may not want to rename each of the Normal.dot files that is listed in the Find dialog box. You may need to pay special attention so that you rename the correct copy of Normal.dot.

Macros, AutoText entries, shortcut key combinations, custom toolbars, toolbar settings, and styles are stored in the Normal template. After renaming the Normal template, you can copy macros, AutoText entries, shortcut key combinations, custom toolbars, toolbar settings, and styles to your new Normal template.

Use the following steps to regain lost functionality after you rename the Normal.dot file: <ol> <li>Start and then quit Microsoft Word. This allows Word to rebuild a new Normal.dot (global template) file.</li> <li>Start Word again.</li> <li>On the Tools menu, click Templates and Add-Ins.</li> <li>In the Templates and Add-ins dialog box, click Organizer.</li> <li>In the Organizer dialog box, click the tab that you want to regain lost functionality.

For example, if you want to regain your lost styles, click the Styles tab.</li> <li>There are two sides to the Organizer dialog box. One side shows your Normal.dot file in the Styles available in box. The other side shows the document you currently have open in Word [for example: "Document1 (Document)"] in the other Styles available in box.

To open your renamed Normal.dot file (renamed Normal.old in step 18), follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li>On the side that shows "Document1 (Document)" in the Styles available in box, click Close File. The Close File button changes to an Open File button.

NOTE: Do not click Close File on the Normal.dot (global template) side of the Organizer dialog box.</li> <li>Click Open File.</li> <li>In the Open dialog box, click your renamed Normal template file. For example, click Normal.old.</li> <li>Click Open.</li></ol> </li> <li>Click the items you want to copy from your renamed template to your new Normal.dot template, and then click Copy.

NOTE: To select a range of items, hold down SHIFT and click the first and last items in the range. To select nonadjacent items, hold down CTRL as you click each item.</li> <li>Repeat steps 5 through 7 for any other items you want to add back to your new Normal.dot template.

NOTE: If you copy toolbars that you assigned custom macros to, you must also copy the macros.

WARNING: Do not copy any macros whose functionality and purpose are unknown to you.</li></ol>

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MORE INFORMATION
The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

For more information about EZ-Photo and this problem, please contact Adobe Systems Incorporated.

For information about how to contact Adobe, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

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