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Default Making Word 2007 default program for opening .doc files

In Control Panel's Search box, type "set asso". Under Folder Options,
"Change the file type associated with a file extension" should appear as a
link. Click it.

In the list, click on .doc, then browse, etc.

Does this do it?

If not... I would try to fake Windows out by deliberately setting the
association to something else... verifying that the new association "works"
(i.e., set it to WordPad), then setting it back to Word.

If none of this works... try starting Word using the /r switch.

If that doesn't work... see if Word's associations work correctly using a
new/different Windows user logon.

FWIW... I've found file association settings to be extremely frustrating and
flaky in Vista. There's some aspect which, once corrupted, is very
repair-resistant.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Jay Carroll" wrote in message
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Vista

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

Are you using Windows XP or Vista?

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Jay Carroll" wrote in message
...
You see that's the problem. When I get to the Default Program menu,
Word
2007 is not a choice. Well, just browse right. When I browse to
Winword,
I
select it, but it doesn't show up in the program box. I can select it,
but
doesn't appear as new option. Any suggestions?

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

If repairing doesn't work, then try right-clicking a .doc file in
Windows
Explorer, choose Open With - Choose Default Program.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Jay Carroll" wrote in message
...
Does that mean run a Diagnostic, because I did that already and it
says
there
are no problems found. I'm not getting any sort of message telling
me
that
something is wrong. So what specifically should I do?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

You need to repair Office 2007 - preferably from the original
installation
disc - to ensure that the registry settings are correctly
configured.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Jay Carroll wrote:
I can't see to set up Word 2007 as my systems default program for
opening a .doc file. I assume its tied to the new file format.
But
its really annoying when I open a .doc file off the internet or
through an attachment, and I am being asked to pick a program for
Windows to open this file...Pick a program? Come on...I try to
pick
winword 2007 but will not allow it. It doesn't appear in the
choices
box and when browsing to it, I can select it but it never works.
What is up with that? This is an issue concerning saving a file
in
the .doc format. Its about opening a .doc file. I can save the
file
to my computer and then open Word 07, click open and select the
file
from there, and it works. But if I close it down, and just try
to
double click the file at its location, it puts the question to me
again about what program. Please help.