When I click to open DOC files, it opens in MS Works wordprocessor, which I
don't like at all. When I try to associate DOC files with Word 2007
(winword.exe), either by right-clicking and using "Open with", or by
selecting "Default Programs" from the Start Menu and setting file
associations, it doesn't show Word 2007 as a possible option, and browsing to
it manually still won't make it a possible option €” Office Word never shows
up in the "other programs" list, and clicking OK after browsing to it doesn't
change the association away from MS Works.
Additionally, Office 2007 doesn't show up in the "Set default programs"
list, either, so you can't set all Word formats to open with Word 2007 that
way.
"PamC via OfficeKB.com" wrote:
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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