Automation error: "cannot find the path specified"

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I have an application developed in Access 2002, currently installed on
a client's computer that is running Windows 2000, Office 97 and Access
2000.

A button on one of the application's forms opens an instance of MS
Word and then opens a copy of an existing Word document. The
beginning of the relevant code is:

Dim gobjWord As Object
Set gobjWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")

This (and subsequent code) works fine on several test computers,
including one running Windows 98, Access 2000 and Office 97.

BUT... sure enough, on the user's computer, things go awry. The
second line of code generates the following error message:

Runtime error "-2147024893(80070003)" Automation error: the system
cannot find the path specified

I've had the user confirm that Word 97 is installed on the computer,
and she can open the target Word document correctly by double-clicking
on it.

Any suggestions what could be causing this error?

- Jon
 
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