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Open with... does not include Word
Hi NG,
With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"?
-- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the ..doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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So I take it you did find it?
-- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, Yes, with W98 it was called Winword, with XP it is Microsoft Word for Windows Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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Suzanne,
If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in the list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword. Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there. Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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I think I see now what your problem is. You are looking for Word on the Open
With context menu. You should instead be choosing Choose Program, which opens a list of all the apps on your computer. You can then select Word and check the box for "Always use this program to open these files." -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Suzanne, If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in the list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword. Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there. Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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The file cannot be opened because its extension is unknown. A doubleclick
does give me a choice to either look on the Internet for a program or to to choose from a list. I choose the list, this must be the same list that you mean: A box with several apps, ther also is the checkbox "Always use this program to open these files." Winword or "Microsoft Word for Windows" simply is not in this list. There also is a button 'Browse' in this way I navigate to Programm Files-Microsoft Office-WINWORD.EXE This only brings me back to the Open With box which still shows the app list without Word sorry, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... I think I see now what your problem is. You are looking for Word on the Open With context menu. You should instead be choosing Choose Program, which opens a list of all the apps on your computer. You can then select Word and check the box for "Always use this program to open these files." -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Suzanne, If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in the list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword. Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there. Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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What OS are you using? What version of Word? In Windows 2000, I always get a
list of all installed programs, whether the file extension is known or not (and in my case Word is listed as Microsoft Office Word). How else would you be able to associate unknown file extensions with a program? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... The file cannot be opened because its extension is unknown. A doubleclick does give me a choice to either look on the Internet for a program or to to choose from a list. I choose the list, this must be the same list that you mean: A box with several apps, ther also is the checkbox "Always use this program to open these files." Winword or "Microsoft Word for Windows" simply is not in this list. There also is a button 'Browse' in this way I navigate to Programm Files-Microsoft Office-WINWORD.EXE This only brings me back to the Open With box which still shows the app list without Word sorry, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... I think I see now what your problem is. You are looking for Word on the Open With context menu. You should instead be choosing Choose Program, which opens a list of all the apps on your computer. You can then select Word and check the box for "Always use this program to open these files." -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Suzanne, If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in the list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword. Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there. Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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It's XP-Home SP2 with Office 2000 (Dutch)
I actually wanted to associate an unusual type with Word when I noticed this was impossible. It does work from another angle though: the file can be opened from within Word. By now I think the problem is not Word or Office related. There are other apps not listed in the Open With... box that should be there. I noticed some other odd behaviour from XP as well so this may well end up in reinstalling XP. Thanks Suzanne, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... What OS are you using? What version of Word? In Windows 2000, I always get a list of all installed programs, whether the file extension is known or not (and in my case Word is listed as Microsoft Office Word). How else would you be able to associate unknown file extensions with a program? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... The file cannot be opened because its extension is unknown. A doubleclick does give me a choice to either look on the Internet for a program or to to choose from a list. I choose the list, this must be the same list that you mean: A box with several apps, ther also is the checkbox "Always use this program to open these files." Winword or "Microsoft Word for Windows" simply is not in this list. There also is a button 'Browse' in this way I navigate to Programm Files-Microsoft Office-WINWORD.EXE This only brings me back to the Open With box which still shows the app list without Word sorry, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... I think I see now what your problem is. You are looking for Word on the Open With context menu. You should instead be choosing Choose Program, which opens a list of all the apps on your computer. You can then select Word and check the box for "Always use this program to open these files." -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Suzanne, If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in the list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword. Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there. Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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Unless you have a very good reason for doing so, it is not a good plan to
use non standard filename extensions in Windows. It tends to create conflicts. Windows does, however, provide the option to associate any extension with any application using Windows Explorer tools file types. Even the right click box will give you the option to open with and add any application not listed in the box. Word on the other hand always recognizes its own file structure whatever you call the file. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: It's XP-Home SP2 with Office 2000 (Dutch) I actually wanted to associate an unusual type with Word when I noticed this was impossible. It does work from another angle though: the file can be opened from within Word. By now I think the problem is not Word or Office related. There are other apps not listed in the Open With... box that should be there. I noticed some other odd behaviour from XP as well so this may well end up in reinstalling XP. Thanks Suzanne, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... What OS are you using? What version of Word? In Windows 2000, I always get a list of all installed programs, whether the file extension is known or not (and in my case Word is listed as Microsoft Office Word). How else would you be able to associate unknown file extensions with a program? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... The file cannot be opened because its extension is unknown. A doubleclick does give me a choice to either look on the Internet for a program or to to choose from a list. I choose the list, this must be the same list that you mean: A box with several apps, ther also is the checkbox "Always use this program to open these files." Winword or "Microsoft Word for Windows" simply is not in this list. There also is a button 'Browse' in this way I navigate to Programm Files-Microsoft Office-WINWORD.EXE This only brings me back to the Open With box which still shows the app list without Word sorry, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... I think I see now what your problem is. You are looking for Word on the Open With context menu. You should instead be choosing Choose Program, which opens a list of all the apps on your computer. You can then select Word and check the box for "Always use this program to open these files." -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Suzanne, If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in the list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword. Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there. Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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Hello Graham,
I hope it's Windows Explorer Tools Folderoptions File types? If not then I that would proof the OS damaged :-) We use an extension within the firm, all textfiles. But you are right, I do plan to rename those (they are 'all over the place'). Also old WP documents can be reassociated since WP is 'out' So how do I add an application to the list? Since Word is not in my Open With list I pressed Browse to go to Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\ and click WINWORD.EXE This should add Winword to the list? Well, it doesn't. Powerpoint also was not in the list, adding was no problem I also added an internal application succesfully. Sofar it's just Word that is refusing to enter the list, or, XP does not allow Word in the list unless a Word-file is recognised? That is not normal I believe. Do you know what the folder \Windows\Prefetch is about? Could this cause problems? Windows Explorer is not working correct on this PC, therefore I think I must go to a different NG or reinstall the OS. Thanks for your support, Flip Graham Mayor schreef in berichtnieuws ... Unless you have a very good reason for doing so, it is not a good plan to use non standard filename extensions in Windows. It tends to create conflicts. Windows does, however, provide the option to associate any extension with any application using Windows Explorer tools file types. Even the right click box will give you the option to open with and add any application not listed in the box. Word on the other hand always recognizes its own file structure whatever you call the file. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: It's XP-Home SP2 with Office 2000 (Dutch) I actually wanted to associate an unusual type with Word when I noticed this was impossible. It does work from another angle though: the file can be opened from within Word. By now I think the problem is not Word or Office related. There are other apps not listed in the Open With... box that should be there. I noticed some other odd behaviour from XP as well so this may well end up in reinstalling XP. Thanks Suzanne, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... What OS are you using? What version of Word? In Windows 2000, I always get a list of all installed programs, whether the file extension is known or not (and in my case Word is listed as Microsoft Office Word). How else would you be able to associate unknown file extensions with a program? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... The file cannot be opened because its extension is unknown. A doubleclick does give me a choice to either look on the Internet for a program or to to choose from a list. I choose the list, this must be the same list that you mean: A box with several apps, ther also is the checkbox "Always use this program to open these files." Winword or "Microsoft Word for Windows" simply is not in this list. There also is a button 'Browse' in this way I navigate to Programm Files-Microsoft Office-WINWORD.EXE This only brings me back to the Open With box which still shows the app list without Word sorry, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... I think I see now what your problem is. You are looking for Word on the Open With context menu. You should instead be choosing Choose Program, which opens a list of all the apps on your computer. You can then select Word and check the box for "Always use this program to open these files." -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Suzanne, If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in the list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword. Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there. Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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It would probably be worth re-registering Word -
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm but as you suspect you can assign any action to a file type using Windows Explorer tools folder options file types. If the program is not in the list (it shoulds be after re-registering) just browse to winword.exe and apply it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: Hello Graham, I hope it's Windows Explorer Tools Folderoptions File types? If not then I that would proof the OS damaged :-) We use an extension within the firm, all textfiles. But you are right, I do plan to rename those (they are 'all over the place'). Also old WP documents can be reassociated since WP is 'out' So how do I add an application to the list? Since Word is not in my Open With list I pressed Browse to go to Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\ and click WINWORD.EXE This should add Winword to the list? Well, it doesn't. Powerpoint also was not in the list, adding was no problem I also added an internal application succesfully. Sofar it's just Word that is refusing to enter the list, or, XP does not allow Word in the list unless a Word-file is recognised? That is not normal I believe. Do you know what the folder \Windows\Prefetch is about? Could this cause problems? Windows Explorer is not working correct on this PC, therefore I think I must go to a different NG or reinstall the OS. Thanks for your support, Flip Graham Mayor schreef in berichtnieuws ... Unless you have a very good reason for doing so, it is not a good plan to use non standard filename extensions in Windows. It tends to create conflicts. Windows does, however, provide the option to associate any extension with any application using Windows Explorer tools file types. Even the right click box will give you the option to open with and add any application not listed in the box. Word on the other hand always recognizes its own file structure whatever you call the file. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: It's XP-Home SP2 with Office 2000 (Dutch) I actually wanted to associate an unusual type with Word when I noticed this was impossible. It does work from another angle though: the file can be opened from within Word. By now I think the problem is not Word or Office related. There are other apps not listed in the Open With... box that should be there. I noticed some other odd behaviour from XP as well so this may well end up in reinstalling XP. Thanks Suzanne, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... What OS are you using? What version of Word? In Windows 2000, I always get a list of all installed programs, whether the file extension is known or not (and in my case Word is listed as Microsoft Office Word). How else would you be able to associate unknown file extensions with a program? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... The file cannot be opened because its extension is unknown. A doubleclick does give me a choice to either look on the Internet for a program or to to choose from a list. I choose the list, this must be the same list that you mean: A box with several apps, ther also is the checkbox "Always use this program to open these files." Winword or "Microsoft Word for Windows" simply is not in this list. There also is a button 'Browse' in this way I navigate to Programm Files-Microsoft Office-WINWORD.EXE This only brings me back to the Open With box which still shows the app list without Word sorry, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... I think I see now what your problem is. You are looking for Word on the Open With context menu. You should instead be choosing Choose Program, which opens a list of all the apps on your computer. You can then select Word and check the box for "Always use this program to open these files." -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Suzanne, If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in the list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword. Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there. Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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I didn't think of re-registering. Good idea.
Unfortunately we will never know if it helped. The disk is being formatted while I am writing this. Because of some other reasons (within our company netword) it will have W98. Thanks anyway, Flip Graham Mayor schreef in berichtnieuws ... It would probably be worth re-registering Word - http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm but as you suspect you can assign any action to a file type using Windows Explorer tools folder options file types. If the program is not in the list (it shoulds be after re-registering) just browse to winword.exe and apply it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: Hello Graham, I hope it's Windows Explorer Tools Folderoptions File types? If not then I that would proof the OS damaged :-) We use an extension within the firm, all textfiles. But you are right, I do plan to rename those (they are 'all over the place'). Also old WP documents can be reassociated since WP is 'out' So how do I add an application to the list? Since Word is not in my Open With list I pressed Browse to go to Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\ and click WINWORD.EXE This should add Winword to the list? Well, it doesn't. Powerpoint also was not in the list, adding was no problem I also added an internal application succesfully. Sofar it's just Word that is refusing to enter the list, or, XP does not allow Word in the list unless a Word-file is recognised? That is not normal I believe. Do you know what the folder \Windows\Prefetch is about? Could this cause problems? Windows Explorer is not working correct on this PC, therefore I think I must go to a different NG or reinstall the OS. Thanks for your support, Flip Graham Mayor schreef in berichtnieuws ... Unless you have a very good reason for doing so, it is not a good plan to use non standard filename extensions in Windows. It tends to create conflicts. Windows does, however, provide the option to associate any extension with any application using Windows Explorer tools file types. Even the right click box will give you the option to open with and add any application not listed in the box. Word on the other hand always recognizes its own file structure whatever you call the file. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: It's XP-Home SP2 with Office 2000 (Dutch) I actually wanted to associate an unusual type with Word when I noticed this was impossible. It does work from another angle though: the file can be opened from within Word. By now I think the problem is not Word or Office related. There are other apps not listed in the Open With... box that should be there. I noticed some other odd behaviour from XP as well so this may well end up in reinstalling XP. Thanks Suzanne, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... What OS are you using? What version of Word? In Windows 2000, I always get a list of all installed programs, whether the file extension is known or not (and in my case Word is listed as Microsoft Office Word). How else would you be able to associate unknown file extensions with a program? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... The file cannot be opened because its extension is unknown. A doubleclick does give me a choice to either look on the Internet for a program or to to choose from a list. I choose the list, this must be the same list that you mean: A box with several apps, ther also is the checkbox "Always use this program to open these files." Winword or "Microsoft Word for Windows" simply is not in this list. There also is a button 'Browse' in this way I navigate to Programm Files-Microsoft Office-WINWORD.EXE This only brings me back to the Open With box which still shows the app list without Word sorry, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... I think I see now what your problem is. You are looking for Word on the Open With context menu. You should instead be choosing Choose Program, which opens a list of all the apps on your computer. You can then select Word and check the box for "Always use this program to open these files." -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Suzanne, If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in the list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword. Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there. Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: I didn't think of re-registering. Good idea. Unfortunately we will never know if it helped. The disk is being formatted while I am writing this. Because of some other reasons (within our company network) it will have W98. Thanks anyway, Flip Graham Mayor schreef in berichtnieuws ... It would probably be worth re-registering Word - http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm but as you suspect you can assign any action to a file type using Windows Explorer tools folder options file types. If the program is not in the list (it shoulds be after re-registering) just browse to winword.exe and apply it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: Hello Graham, I hope it's Windows Explorer Tools Folderoptions File types? If not then I that would proof the OS damaged :-) We use an extension within the firm, all textfiles. But you are right, I do plan to rename those (they are 'all over the place'). Also old WP documents can be reassociated since WP is 'out' So how do I add an application to the list? Since Word is not in my Open With list I pressed Browse to go to Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\ and click WINWORD.EXE This should add Winword to the list? Well, it doesn't. Powerpoint also was not in the list, adding was no problem I also added an internal application succesfully. Sofar it's just Word that is refusing to enter the list, or, XP does not allow Word in the list unless a Word-file is recognised? That is not normal I believe. Do you know what the folder \Windows\Prefetch is about? Could this cause problems? Windows Explorer is not working correct on this PC, therefore I think I must go to a different NG or reinstall the OS. Thanks for your support, Flip Graham Mayor schreef in berichtnieuws ... Unless you have a very good reason for doing so, it is not a good plan to use non standard filename extensions in Windows. It tends to create conflicts. Windows does, however, provide the option to associate any extension with any application using Windows Explorer tools file types. Even the right click box will give you the option to open with and add any application not listed in the box. Word on the other hand always recognizes its own file structure whatever you call the file. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: It's XP-Home SP2 with Office 2000 (Dutch) I actually wanted to associate an unusual type with Word when I noticed this was impossible. It does work from another angle though: the file can be opened from within Word. By now I think the problem is not Word or Office related. There are other apps not listed in the Open With... box that should be there. I noticed some other odd behaviour from XP as well so this may well end up in reinstalling XP. Thanks Suzanne, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... What OS are you using? What version of Word? In Windows 2000, I always get a list of all installed programs, whether the file extension is known or not (and in my case Word is listed as Microsoft Office Word). How else would you be able to associate unknown file extensions with a program? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... The file cannot be opened because its extension is unknown. A doubleclick does give me a choice to either look on the Internet for a program or to to choose from a list. I choose the list, this must be the same list that you mean: A box with several apps, ther also is the checkbox "Always use this program to open these files." Winword or "Microsoft Word for Windows" simply is not in this list. There also is a button 'Browse' in this way I navigate to Programm Files-Microsoft Office-WINWORD.EXE This only brings me back to the Open With box which still shows the app list without Word sorry, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... I think I see now what your problem is. You are looking for Word on the Open With context menu. You should instead be choosing Choose Program, which opens a list of all the apps on your computer. You can then select Word and check the box for "Always use this program to open these files." -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Suzanne, If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in the list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword. Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there. Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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No rush here :-D Well, off course it is company policy to not buy what we do not really need (yet) I sometimes remember those good old terminals, Qumes and Wyse's. Easy and straight forward. Actually we are slowly upgrading from w95 to w98 when hardware needs to be replaced. There are still a few P133's performing well enough, 10 years already. They only consume a cpu-fan occasionally. I am kept off the streets all this time by always turning 2 or 3 dying machines into one good one again. If a PC finally really must be replaced, we are forced to buy PIV by now (we don't buy secondhand). W95 gets dizzy on 800mhz+ so we had to modernize :-) to W98, O2000 along with it. As you see I do get a lot of chance to 'play' with the newest stuff as well as with the central application on Unix (hence the terminal nostalgy). So don't worry, we'll catch up Someday Flip Graham Mayor schreef in berichtnieuws ... The company is in no rush to join the 21st century then? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: I didn't think of re-registering. Good idea. Unfortunately we will never know if it helped. The disk is being formatted while I am writing this. Because of some other reasons (within our company network) it will have W98. Thanks anyway, Flip Graham Mayor schreef in berichtnieuws ... It would probably be worth re-registering Word - http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm but as you suspect you can assign any action to a file type using Windows Explorer tools folder options file types. If the program is not in the list (it shoulds be after re-registering) just browse to winword.exe and apply it. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: Hello Graham, I hope it's Windows Explorer Tools Folderoptions File types? If not then I that would proof the OS damaged :-) We use an extension within the firm, all textfiles. But you are right, I do plan to rename those (they are 'all over the place'). Also old WP documents can be reassociated since WP is 'out' So how do I add an application to the list? Since Word is not in my Open With list I pressed Browse to go to Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\ and click WINWORD.EXE This should add Winword to the list? Well, it doesn't. Powerpoint also was not in the list, adding was no problem I also added an internal application succesfully. Sofar it's just Word that is refusing to enter the list, or, XP does not allow Word in the list unless a Word-file is recognised? That is not normal I believe. Do you know what the folder \Windows\Prefetch is about? Could this cause problems? Windows Explorer is not working correct on this PC, therefore I think I must go to a different NG or reinstall the OS. Thanks for your support, Flip Graham Mayor schreef in berichtnieuws ... Unless you have a very good reason for doing so, it is not a good plan to use non standard filename extensions in Windows. It tends to create conflicts. Windows does, however, provide the option to associate any extension with any application using Windows Explorer tools file types. Even the right click box will give you the option to open with and add any application not listed in the box. Word on the other hand always recognizes its own file structure whatever you call the file. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Flip wrote: It's XP-Home SP2 with Office 2000 (Dutch) I actually wanted to associate an unusual type with Word when I noticed this was impossible. It does work from another angle though: the file can be opened from within Word. By now I think the problem is not Word or Office related. There are other apps not listed in the Open With... box that should be there. I noticed some other odd behaviour from XP as well so this may well end up in reinstalling XP. Thanks Suzanne, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... What OS are you using? What version of Word? In Windows 2000, I always get a list of all installed programs, whether the file extension is known or not (and in my case Word is listed as Microsoft Office Word). How else would you be able to associate unknown file extensions with a program? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... The file cannot be opened because its extension is unknown. A doubleclick does give me a choice to either look on the Internet for a program or to to choose from a list. I choose the list, this must be the same list that you mean: A box with several apps, ther also is the checkbox "Always use this program to open these files." Winword or "Microsoft Word for Windows" simply is not in this list. There also is a button 'Browse' in this way I navigate to Programm Files-Microsoft Office-WINWORD.EXE This only brings me back to the Open With box which still shows the app list without Word sorry, Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... I think I see now what your problem is. You are looking for Word on the Open With context menu. You should instead be choosing Choose Program, which opens a list of all the apps on your computer. You can then select Word and check the box for "Always use this program to open these files." -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Suzanne, If the file has .doc you see a 'Microsoft Word for Windows' in the list If the file has no or someother extension there is nothing about Word in the list. In older Windows versions Word was listed as Winword. Other Officeparts (Excel, Frontpage) are there. Flip Suzanne S. Barnhill schreef in berichtnieuws ... Are you looking for "Word" or "Microsoft Word"? -- 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. "Flip" FlipatKonitechPuntnl wrote in message ... Hi NG, With O2000 on XP-Home SP2 I tried openening a file with an unusual extension. Knowing the file, using Windows Explorer to get there I then press Shift+RightClick to open the 'Open with...' dialogue. Ok, this method is not necessary anymore, I 've done that too many times :-) The problem: Word is not in the list! I renamed the file several times with different or no extension without result. Word only shows up (recommended) in the list if a file already has the .doc (or .dot) extension. From within Word there is no problem opening 'strange' files. Reason: This is an old tric to quickly associate a filetype to a programme, Word in this case. Flip |
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