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Wordpad icons with Word (threads found but issue unresolved)
Hello,
I recently read the two threads related to my issue but the answers given did not solve my problem. I'm using Office 2003 Small Business Edition on XP Pro (SP2) and all of a sudden my .DOC files became associated with Wordpad. I went into My ComputerToolsFolder Options, etc. and manually reassociated the files with Word, but the Wordpad icon still remains. I've also tried doing a repair-reinstall of Office to no effect. I'm considering completely removing Office and reinstalling anew but I wanted to know if anyone had further advice beyond that already given in the aforementioned two threads. Thanks for the help! -A |
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Wordpad icons with Word (threads found but issue unresolved)
Have you tried to run Word with the /r switch to restore file
associations? For instructions, see: How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Archer" wrote in message ... Hello, I recently read the two threads related to my issue but the answers given did not solve my problem. I'm using Office 2003 Small Business Edition on XP Pro (SP2) and all of a sudden my .DOC files became associated with Wordpad. I went into My ComputerToolsFolder Options, etc. and manually reassociated the files with Word, but the Wordpad icon still remains. I've also tried doing a repair-reinstall of Office to no effect. I'm considering completely removing Office and reinstalling anew but I wanted to know if anyone had further advice beyond that already given in the aforementioned two threads. Thanks for the help! -A |
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Wordpad icons with Word (threads found but issue unresolved)
Yeah, I have tried re-registering Word--sorry, I forgot to mention that in my
original post. Any other thoughts? Thanks, A "Stefan Blom" wrote: Have you tried to run Word with the /r switch to restore file associations? For instructions, see: How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Archer" wrote in message ... Hello, I recently read the two threads related to my issue but the answers given did not solve my problem. I'm using Office 2003 Small Business Edition on XP Pro (SP2) and all of a sudden my .DOC files became associated with Wordpad. I went into My ComputerToolsFolder Options, etc. and manually reassociated the files with Word, but the Wordpad icon still remains. I've also tried doing a repair-reinstall of Office to no effect. I'm considering completely removing Office and reinstalling anew but I wanted to know if anyone had further advice beyond that already given in the aforementioned two threads. Thanks for the help! -A |
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Wordpad icons with Word (threads found but issue unresolved)
Okay, tried enitrely uninstalling and reinstalling but with no effect.
Anyone...? Thanks! -A "Archer" wrote: Yeah, I have tried re-registering Word--sorry, I forgot to mention that in my original post. Any other thoughts? Thanks, A "Stefan Blom" wrote: Have you tried to run Word with the /r switch to restore file associations? For instructions, see: How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Archer" wrote in message ... Hello, I recently read the two threads related to my issue but the answers given did not solve my problem. I'm using Office 2003 Small Business Edition on XP Pro (SP2) and all of a sudden my .DOC files became associated with Wordpad. I went into My ComputerToolsFolder Options, etc. and manually reassociated the files with Word, but the Wordpad icon still remains. I've also tried doing a repair-reinstall of Office to no effect. I'm considering completely removing Office and reinstalling anew but I wanted to know if anyone had further advice beyond that already given in the aforementioned two threads. Thanks for the help! -A |
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Wordpad icons with Word (threads found but issue unresolved)
Are you saying that, after running winword /r, Word documents still
open in WordPad as you double-click them, or just that the icon used for them is incorrect? If it's just the icon, you should be able to easily change that in Windows, via the Folder Options dialog box. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Archer" wrote in message ... Okay, tried enitrely uninstalling and reinstalling but with no effect. Anyone...? Thanks! -A "Archer" wrote: Yeah, I have tried re-registering Word--sorry, I forgot to mention that in my original post. Any other thoughts? Thanks, A "Stefan Blom" wrote: Have you tried to run Word with the /r switch to restore file associations? For instructions, see: How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Archer" wrote in message ... Hello, I recently read the two threads related to my issue but the answers given did not solve my problem. I'm using Office 2003 Small Business Edition on XP Pro (SP2) and all of a sudden my .DOC files became associated with Wordpad. I went into My ComputerToolsFolder Options, etc. and manually reassociated the files with Word, but the Wordpad icon still remains. I've also tried doing a repair-reinstall of Office to no effect. I'm considering completely removing Office and reinstalling anew but I wanted to know if anyone had further advice beyond that already given in the aforementioned two threads. Thanks for the help! -A |
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Wordpad icons with Word (threads found but issue unresolved)
Hi, Stefan,
Thanks for the replies! Sorry about not being clear--I've already used the Folder Options dialog box to reassociate the .DOC files with Word but the icons themselves still show up as Wordpad icons. I was told by my computer builder that this is because of lingering remnants on my PC of OpenOffice that was removed prior to them installing Microsoft Office per my request. Thus, when I click on My ComputerToolsFolder OptionsFile Types, my .DOC files show up as Word icons IN THE FOLDER OPTIONS DIALOG BOX but not on the rest of my computer. Further, the "Details for 'DOC' extension" on the File Types tab tell me that I've "...customized files with extension 'DOC'." This is what I had to do in order to get the files to open in Word, but my icons still won't switch over. So, in short, everything works, technically, but I'd love to be able to have my Microsoft Office install work as it should (e.g. have my Word icons BY DEFAULT register with Word rather than Wordpad) rather than because I've had to change these particular settings. Thanks again for the help! -A P.S. Sorry for the bolding...just trying to emphasize. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Are you saying that, after running winword /r, Word documents still open in WordPad as you double-click them, or just that the icon used for them is incorrect? If it's just the icon, you should be able to easily change that in Windows, via the Folder Options dialog box. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Archer" wrote in message ... Okay, tried enitrely uninstalling and reinstalling but with no effect. Anyone...? Thanks! -A "Archer" wrote: Yeah, I have tried re-registering Word--sorry, I forgot to mention that in my original post. Any other thoughts? Thanks, A "Stefan Blom" wrote: Have you tried to run Word with the /r switch to restore file associations? For instructions, see: How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Archer" wrote in message ... Hello, I recently read the two threads related to my issue but the answers given did not solve my problem. I'm using Office 2003 Small Business Edition on XP Pro (SP2) and all of a sudden my .DOC files became associated with Wordpad. I went into My ComputerToolsFolder Options, etc. and manually reassociated the files with Word, but the Wordpad icon still remains. I've also tried doing a repair-reinstall of Office to no effect. I'm considering completely removing Office and reinstalling anew but I wanted to know if anyone had further advice beyond that already given in the aforementioned two threads. Thanks for the help! -A |
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