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I need to be able to simply double-click a .dot file and have it open a "new"
..doc file instead of opening the actual .dot file as it is doing right now.
That's how it always worked before, but ever since I updated from Office 2002
to Office 2003, I've had this one complaint.

I'm sure it's a setting somewhere, but I don't know where it is. I know to
simply right-click on the template and select "New", or go throught File -
New - Template... but I can't expect my co-workers to know that. Besides,
isn't that the whole point of creating a template file?

I'm having the same issue in Excel 2003.
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You probably just need to "reregister" Word to reestablish the file
associations. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

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"GW" wrote in message
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I need to be able to simply double-click a .dot file and have it open a

"new"
.doc file instead of opening the actual .dot file as it is doing right

now.
That's how it always worked before, but ever since I updated from Office

2002
to Office 2003, I've had this one complaint.

I'm sure it's a setting somewhere, but I don't know where it is. I know to
simply right-click on the template and select "New", or go throught File -
New - Template... but I can't expect my co-workers to know that. Besides,
isn't that the whole point of creating a template file?

I'm having the same issue in Excel 2003.


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Default Double-Clicking Template "Opens" instead of "New"

Thank you very much! It worked!

For those of you that found this string and want the answer...

To reregister Word:

Start | Run
In the prompt, type: "winword /r"
(Notice the space before the forward slash)
Hit Enter.

To reregister Excel:

Start | Run
In the prompt, type: "excel.exe /regserver"
(Notice the space before the forward slash)
Hit Enter.

Doing these two things "reregisters" Word and Excel and restores the
original defaults, but didn't kill my addins or anything.

Thanks again,
Garrett Woodroof
Meathead Movers, Inc.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You probably just need to "reregister" Word to reestablish the file
associations. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"GW" wrote in message
...
I need to be able to simply double-click a .dot file and have it open a

"new"
.doc file instead of opening the actual .dot file as it is doing right

now.
That's how it always worked before, but ever since I updated from Office

2002
to Office 2003, I've had this one complaint.

I'm sure it's a setting somewhere, but I don't know where it is. I know to
simply right-click on the template and select "New", or go throught File -
New - Template... but I can't expect my co-workers to know that. Besides,
isn't that the whole point of creating a template file?

I'm having the same issue in Excel 2003.



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