Microsoft KB Archive/903740

= You cannot prevent the &quot;Show Repairs&quot; dialog box from appearing when you open a damaged document in Word 2003 =

Article ID: 903740

Article Last Modified on 9/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2003

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



SYMPTOMS
When you open a damaged document in Microsoft Office Word 2003, the Show Repairs dialog box appears. However, the Show Repairs dialog box does not have an option to prevent the dialog box from appearing when you open a damaged document in the future.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if you installed the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

889409 You receive a &quot;Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt&quot; error message when you open a document in Word 2003



RESOLUTION
This problem was first fixed in a hotfix that is now contained in a service pack. If you installed the latest Office 2003 service pack, you do not have to install the hotfix.

Service pack information
This problem is corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 3. To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

After you install the service pack, follow the steps that are listed in the &quot;How to enable the hotfix&quot; section of the article to set the  registry key and to activate the hotfix.

How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 Hotfix Package that is dated November 10, 2005. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

898777 Description of the Word 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: November 10, 2005

How to enable the hotfix
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To enable this hotfix, follow these steps:  Quit Word 2003. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click to select the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options

 After you select the key that is specified in step 3, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click DWORD Value. Type BulletProofOnCorruption, and then press ENTER. Right-click BulletProofOnCorruption, and then click Modify.</li> In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.</li> On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.</li></ol>

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

This problem was first corrected in Office 2003 Service Pack 3.

Additional query words: word2003 word2k3 wd2003 wd2k3 open and repair

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbregistry kbqfe kbpubtypekc kbopenfile kboffice2003presp3fix kboffice2003sp3fix KB903740

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