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Michael Faklis
My Windows XP Pro laptop had Office XP Pro installed and working fine, prior
to me installing Office 2007 Pro. I allowed the Office 2007 install to
remove Office XP. After I installed Office 2007 Pro, I can no longer open
office docs from Windows Explorer. When I double-click on a doc, it opens
the correct Office 2007 application, but the application doesn't open the
document. I've run the diagnostics and found no problem with the
installation. The Office 2007 repair process also neglected to correct the
problem.
For example; When I look at the Word 2007 help, it shows the command line
switches for opening an existing file is "winword /t filename", but the file
association in folder options shows the use of /n (do not open any file)
and /dde. The /dde switch is not shown in the Word 2007 help. My
interpretation of what is being attempted in the file association is that
Word is to be opened without a new document and a dde script [REM
_DDE_Direct][FileOpen("%1")] would open the filename I click on.
Unfortunately it's not working. Word opens with a blank document, and the
document I clicked on is not opened. I see the same behavior in the other
Office 2007 programs.
What went wrong, and how can I correct this?
- Michael Faklis (e-mail address removed)
to me installing Office 2007 Pro. I allowed the Office 2007 install to
remove Office XP. After I installed Office 2007 Pro, I can no longer open
office docs from Windows Explorer. When I double-click on a doc, it opens
the correct Office 2007 application, but the application doesn't open the
document. I've run the diagnostics and found no problem with the
installation. The Office 2007 repair process also neglected to correct the
problem.
For example; When I look at the Word 2007 help, it shows the command line
switches for opening an existing file is "winword /t filename", but the file
association in folder options shows the use of /n (do not open any file)
and /dde. The /dde switch is not shown in the Word 2007 help. My
interpretation of what is being attempted in the file association is that
Word is to be opened without a new document and a dde script [REM
_DDE_Direct][FileOpen("%1")] would open the filename I click on.
Unfortunately it's not working. Word opens with a blank document, and the
document I clicked on is not opened. I see the same behavior in the other
Office 2007 programs.
What went wrong, and how can I correct this?
- Michael Faklis (e-mail address removed)