
Microsoft office 2008 for mac wont open update#
This bypasses the First Run Update process so Office doesn't go looking for previous version preference files. Hard Drive/OS 9 System Folder/Preferences/Microsoft/ Word Settings (8) Hold Down the Shift key while Launching Word. Hard Drive/OS 9 System Folder/Preferences/Microsoft/ Word Settings (9) Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (10)

Quit out of all versions of Word and trash (or rename) all Word preference files prior to Word 2004: If you have this problem, try one of these workarounds: Look for Old Preference Files Microsoft has confirmed that a possible cause for Word 2008 crashing on launch (or quit) is the presence of preference files from previous versions of Word.


In general, you can find updates at Mactopia Downloads, or you can select These issues are compiled from reports on the newsgroups. Word 2008: Existing Issues, Some with WorkaroundsĬompiled by Beth Rosengard and Daiya Mitchell
