Sorry if you already tried this (I may not have read your post thoroughly), but maybe you should try running it in compatibility mode with Windows 98. I've had the problem of a Windows 98 program installing but not running, and this seemed to fix it. In case you don't know how to do this, open the file "winecfg" and either set the default settings to Windows version 98, or set it this way for the "Word 97" exe file. Hope this helps. _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users