Microsoft Word/Wordpad

[Microsoft Word]

I want to use Microsoft Word 97 as my default for all documents. When
someone e-mails me a document, I am asked to save it to Wordpad. Then I
cannot open it. I do not want to use Wordpad. How can I get rid of it and
just use Microsoft Word 97?

 

[mezzodiva]

You are asked to "save it to Wordpad"? What is the actual message you get?
When you say "all documents", do you mean files with the *.doc extension?

You may need to re-register the Word file extensions in the Windows
registry:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/70014/en-us

Try this article, and use the "/regserver" switch.