In the past, I have been able to open MS Word documents attached to e-mails
with no problem. Now when I attempt to open these documents, for some reason
it attempts to open in MS Excel (although I don't have Excel open). The only
way I am able to open the attached Word document is to copy the Word file to
a directory, go to Word, and open the file directly. Although this is a work
around, it is cumbersome. Is anyone aware of a way I would be able to restore
the ability of MS Word to open MS Word attached e-mail? Thanks to all that
reply!

Charles

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...gisterWord.htm .

Charles wrote:

In the past, I have been able to open MS Word documents attached to e-mails
with no problem. Now when I attempt to open these documents, for some reason
it attempts to open in MS Excel (although I don't have Excel open). The only
way I am able to open the attached Word document is to copy the Word file to
a directory, go to Word, and open the file directly. Although this is a work
around, it is cumbersome. Is anyone aware of a way I would be able to restore
the ability of MS Word to open MS Word attached e-mail? Thanks to all that
reply!

Charles

Thank you for you prompt reply. The link provided, and the information it
contained, solved my problems. Thanks again ad have a great holiday!

Charles



"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...gisterWord.htm .

Charles wrote:

In the past, I have been able to open MS Word documents attached to e-mails
with no problem. Now when I attempt to open these documents, for some reason
it attempts to open in MS Excel (although I don't have Excel open). The only
way I am able to open the attached Word document is to copy the Word file to
a directory, go to Word, and open the file directly. Although this is a work
around, it is cumbersome. Is anyone aware of a way I would be able to restore
the ability of MS Word to open MS Word attached e-mail? Thanks to all that
reply!

Charles

How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

The above may not fix it because of Microsoft's security changes. It is not
a 'workaround' to save to the hard drive, it is simply good practice.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Charles wrote:
In the past, I have been able to open MS Word documents attached to
e-mails with no problem. Now when I attempt to open these documents,
for some reason it attempts to open in MS Excel (although I don't
have Excel open). The only way I am able to open the attached Word
document is to copy the Word file to a directory, go to Word, and
open the file directly. Although this is a work around, it is
cumbersome. Is anyone aware of a way I would be able to restore the
ability of MS Word to open MS Word attached e-mail? Thanks to all
that reply!

Charles

Graham,

Thanks for your input! I used the suggestion referenced by the link, and
also performed a "repair" function on Excel, and rebooted my machine, and it
works fine now.

Also, I usually do save my important e-mails to the hard drive (including
the attachments). I don't usually save the attached files separately since
they are attached to the e-mails.

Thanks again for your input! I really appreciate it. Take care!

Charles



"Graham Mayor" wrote:

How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

The above may not fix it because of Microsoft's security changes. It is not
a 'workaround' to save to the hard drive, it is simply good practice.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Charles wrote:
In the past, I have been able to open MS Word documents attached to
e-mails with no problem. Now when I attempt to open these documents,
for some reason it attempts to open in MS Excel (although I don't
have Excel open). The only way I am able to open the attached Word
document is to copy the Word file to a directory, go to Word, and
open the file directly. Although this is a work around, it is
cumbersome. Is anyone aware of a way I would be able to restore the
ability of MS Word to open MS Word attached e-mail? Thanks to all
that reply!

Charles