I did the uninstall & reinstall & it did not work. I am getting the same
problem.
I called Microsoft (1-800-936-5700) & they told me that I am registered.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm. If Word is
actually installed on your machine, then reregistering it will accomplish
what you want.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"jwliberator" wrote in message
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Hi,
I am having a big problem. I just installed Microsoft Office Professional
Edition 2003 on my new Dell Inspiron 1501 pre loaded with Vista and I am
unable to associate a file type to open up with winword. I cannot get the
icon to go into recommended programs or other programs. I need big time
help. I had my MIS guy look at this & he was unable to do anything. We
did
a Microsoft update and it still does not work. We tried to drag the icon
to
the open with file & it still did not work.
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE...
IF YOU SEND ME A .DOC ATTACHMENT TO MY E-MAIL - THE DEFAULT IS SET FOR
WORDPAD & IT OPENS IN WORDPAD (GIBBERISH STUFF). THE ONLY WAY I CAN OPEN
IT
IS TO SAVE IT TO MY DOCUMENTS AND GO & OPEN MSWORD 2003 AND LOOK FOR THE
DOCUMENT. ALSO, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS IF I HAD A DOCUMENT IN MSWORD AND SAVE
IT
TO MY DESKTOP IT IS SAVED AS A WORDPAD DOC.
I installed office professional edition 2003 and I can see & use
Microsoft Office Wood 2003 from my programs list. I have no other
problems
with word.
I have done this:
Default programs
If I open set your default programs, on the left is a list of programs and
Office 2003 is not there.
If I use associate a file type, I select an extension .doc (it is showing
current default as Word Pad). I select change program. It is not showing
in
my recommended or other programs. I select browse and scroll to Microsoft
Office and open it. Go to the Office11 folder. Scroll to winword select
open
get back to open with file and it is not in recommended or browse.
Also, I have completed the Activation process since installing Office.
"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...gisterWord.htm .
Rob B. wrote:
After uninstalling a trial version of WordPerfect, I installed MS
Office
2003 (Word and Excel). Right after that uninstall, before the Office
install,
I found that my (many) text files had been converted to WordPad files.
They
remained that way even after Word 2003 was installed. I tried opening
one in
Word and using "Save As" to save it as a Word Document. No joy. It
remained a
WordPad file.
Then I created a test page in Word and saved it as a Word Document.
It
ended up as a WordPad file. When I click on it to open it, it launches
WordPad.
This is very bad. The conversion to WordPad has probably
permanently
wrecked some documents with tables in them. I need to get the remains
of my
files back into Word's format, soon. Any thoughts?
I'm running WinXP on my nearly new PC, built from top-quality
components.
The PC runs very well.
Thanks,
Rob B.