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Default Why can't I associate DOC files with Word 2007?

I don't think you can associate .doc files with a particular version of Word
in XP either. And you may not need to. I have XP with both W2003 and W2007
loaded on my computer. When I start a file from Explorer--by double clicking
it or right clicking and choosing open--Word will open it in whichever
version was opened last. Word behaved this way with the operating system
before XP as well.

I just checked the file associations on my computer; all the Word file
extensions are associated with "Microsoft Office Word".

Are you saying that your computer doesn't behave this way. If not, please
describe what does happen.

PamC

Darkeforce wrote:
EXCEPT...

If you had read my first post, you would see that those tools WILL NOT
RECOGNIZE Word 2007 as a potential program with which to open DOC files. Even
clicking the Browse button and manually browsing to and selecting Winword.exe
WILL NOT get the Change Association dialogue to include Word 2007 as one of
the possible options for DOC files.

You can certainly associate .doc files with 2007.

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I'm using Vista Home Premium


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