Comodo and Word 2000

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#1

I am not an expert by any means so have to rely on others-so here goes
I am using vs.3.13.121240.574 and running Visa Home Premium on an Acer Laptop
About 4 weeks ago my Word 2000 stopped working
It has been suggested that my AV or Firewall may be at the core of the problem, so I’m writing both forums
When I open the program all works well
But if I try to open a word doc from Windows Explorer I get an error message that says windows cannot find the file. Just before that message, I get a User Access Control message telling me that winword.exe is from an unidentifed publisher do I want to allow it to access my compuer

Is it possibe:

Comodo may be blocking this action?
And if so, how do I set the permissions (not sure if that’s the right term) to allow winword.exe to open the document?

Thanks for any help

#2

You will need to allow UAC to start winword.exe. Does that solve your problem?

Usually Microsoft signs its executables. So, make sure winword.exe is indeed Microsoft Word; it should be in the Microsoft Office installation folder.

How are you using CIS? As AV only or as the complete suite with AV and firewall with D+?

#3

I do allow Winword.exe and it does not solve the problem
I used my original my original lnstallation disk to reinstall Office 2000 Pro after Word stopped working
All of the other Office pgms work and microsoft is recognized as the Publisher
I cannot find a way to have User Access Control to recognize winword
And I use CIS as a Firewall with Defender and do not use the AV - I use Avast as my AV