[Tom]

Have tried winword /r with no success. I have a C: drive from an old computer
that has files saved in word 95 (now all saved in wordpad). All new files
saved as word come up as wordpad. Why?

Thanks for any help!
--
t

[Jay Freedman]

In Windows Explorer, go to Tools Folder Options File Types. Select the
DOC extension. If it says these files open with WordPad, click the Change
button and select Word instead. Make sure the "always open with this
program" box is checked, and click OK.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Tom wrote:
Have tried winword /r with no success. I have a C: drive from an old
computer that has files saved in word 95 (now all saved in wordpad).
All new files saved as word come up as wordpad. Why?

Thanks for any help!

[Tom]

Jay
Thanks for your help. Files now open as word documents, but still have
wordpad logo in files. Does this make any difference?
--
t


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

In Windows Explorer, go to Tools Folder Options File Types. Select the
DOC extension. If it says these files open with WordPad, click the Change
button and select Word instead. Make sure the "always open with this
program" box is checked, and click OK.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.


Tom wrote:
Have tried winword /r with no success. I have a C: drive from an old
computer that has files saved in word 95 (now all saved in wordpad).
All new files saved as word come up as wordpad. Why?

Thanks for any help!

[Jay Freedman]

No, it doesn't make any difference except the appearance. If you want to
change that, there's a Change Icon button in the same dialog where you
changed the program.

If you need to browse to the Word program to find the right icon, it's
called winword.exe and it's in a folder under C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office (the exact folder depends on what version of Office you have).

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.


Tom wrote:
Jay
Thanks for your help. Files now open as word documents, but still have
wordpad logo in files. Does this make any difference?

In Windows Explorer, go to Tools Folder Options File Types.
Select the DOC extension. If it says these files open with WordPad,
click the Change button and select Word instead. Make sure the
"always open with this program" box is checked, and click OK.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.


Tom wrote:
Have tried winword /r with no success. I have a C: drive from an old
computer that has files saved in word 95 (now all saved in wordpad).
All new files saved as word come up as wordpad. Why?

Thanks for any help!

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

You can make that icon anything you want...I often change my icons just
because I don't like the standard ones.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




"Tom" wrote in message
...
Jay
Thanks for your help. Files now open as word documents, but still have
wordpad logo in files. Does this make any difference?
--
t


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

In Windows Explorer, go to Tools Folder Options File Types. Select
the
DOC extension. If it says these files open with WordPad, click the Change
button and select Word instead. Make sure the "always open with this
program" box is checked, and click OK.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.


Tom wrote:
Have tried winword /r with no success. I have a C: drive from an old
computer that has files saved in word 95 (now all saved in wordpad).
All new files saved as word come up as wordpad. Why?

Thanks for any help!