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Default how do I set Word as the default text editor instead of Word Pad

When I double click to open a document using Windows explorer with Vista it
has suddenly decided to open in Word pad which can't read a word document in
this new version.

How do I set Word 2007 as the default text editor?
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JIMROB wrote:
When I double click to open a document using Windows explorer with
Vista it has suddenly decided to open in Word pad which can't read a
word document in this new version.

How do I set Word 2007 as the default text editor?


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

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