I'm running Vista Home Premium on a Dell E520 system.

I'm getting program crashes in Word (Office XP Professional - Service Pack
3) and Open Office Writer 2 whenever I use the Open command and attempt to
change folders.

I can open recent files with no problem.

I can open Windows Explorer, locate a file, and double click to get it to
open.

This appears to be a Vista issue, since the same crash is happening in more
than one text editing program. It was not an issue when I first installed
Office XP or Open Office 2, but I suppose it's possible that some activity
since the installation of these apps has caused the issue.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,