Printing Multiple Word Files Fails

Doc White

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Nov 14, 2005, 6:52:02 PM11/14/05

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Hello! I have folders containing many, one-page Word documents. I like to
print these in batches of 5-20 files at a time. I used to be able to
highlight a block of file names, right-click on the block, and order the
files to Print. Word would open up in a background fashion, the files would
open sequentially and print, and then Word would close.

Now I try that same thing, and nothing happens. Absolutely nothing! If I
watch in Windows Task Manager for activity, no new apps or services open up,
and the machine remains mostly idle.

I can still open the Word files, one at a time, and print them with no
problems. It's only the group- or batch-print thing that seems to have
become disabled somehow.

Any ideas on how I can reactivate this nice feature of Windows? Thanks in
advance for your help.
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Colin Barnhorst

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Nov 14, 2005, 8:25:25 PM11/14/05

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There are many newsgroups devoted to Word. Try posting in
microsoft.public.word.newusers and follow the advice there.

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Doc White

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Nov 15, 2005, 7:20:03 AM11/15/05

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Thanks, Colin. I'll post over there later on. The reason I posted here is,
it appears to be a change in Windows operations. I haven't updated Office,
only Windows XP. And the difference in operation appears to be after one of
the SP2 Automatic Updates. But maybe the answer lies elsewhere.

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David Candy

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Nov 15, 2005, 7:38:53 PM11/15/05

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Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 13:13:57 +1000
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It's caused be third part programs. AVG anti virus is one.
Type Regedit in Start Run
Goto

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers

Export all five keys (on the File Menu) (First two keys apply to files, 1st, 3rd to 5th apply to folders/drives). Delete all two/five. What happens.

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Doc White

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Nov 16, 2005, 9:44:20 AM11/16/05

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Thanks, David! I'll give that a try. The nice folks over in the Word groups
couldn't spot anything, and referred me back over here. It's odd that one
machine I have (desktop) has the problem, but the other (laptop) doesn't.
Some subtle differences in configuration, I suppose. I may look through the
registry on the laptop as well.

Enjoy!

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Doc White

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Nov 16, 2005, 10:04:54 AM11/16/05

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David,

That solved my problem nicely! Thanks for your expert assistance. Now I
can go wear out my printer. Again...

Regards,

Doc

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