Why I can not open documents by double click?

[tnazieh]

I can not open MS Word 2007 documents by double click although it work if I
used file/open from the MS word.
Windows XP
Local computer
documents in my HDD

I tried to run: winword /r which made configuring MS office 2007 interprize
but still not work.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Try the following: Rick-click a Word document and choose Open With from the
context menu; then click More Programs. In the dialog box, choose Word 2007
and select "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file."

 

[Terry Farrell]

That's a symptom of a Word Data Key corruption - usually because Word has
been running when updates are installed.

Run Regedit and expand by double-clicking to the key below. With DATA
selected, press DELETE. Word will automatically recreate a new key when it
is restarted.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data

Symptoms of Data Key corruption include:

• The mouse does not work when you use Word.
• You cannot open a Word document from the Search window in Windows
Vista.
• You cannot open a Word document from Windows Desktop Search.
• Word crashes when you try to start or exit Word.
• Word crashes when you open the Open dialog box.
• Word crashes when you save a document.
• Word crashes when you close a document.

If you feel uncomfortable editing the registry yourself, Microsoft have a
fix that will do this for you.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940791 and press FixIt