Word 2007 will not open .doc or .docx documents when you click onthe filename

[Neil H]

Word will not open .doc or .docx files when you double click them in
Windows Explorer and it also will not open these files when sent in an
email. I have to download the file and open Word and then locate the
file and open it through Word. I have read various MS support documents
about how to fix this and nothing seems to work. I have read about the
command line switches and see nothing I need to change. Now the command
line in the File Types dialog is "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE" /n /dde

I appreciate any help you can give.

Neil

 

[Jay Freedman]

That's a slight variation on the problem Graham Mayor discusses at
http://www.gmayor.com/Document_Not_Found.htm, and the solution is the same.
Add the "%1" (including the quotes) at the end of the dde command.

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[Spud]

I am experiencing the same problem. Tried Graham Mayor's suggestion
but it did not help.
If I click on a doc attached to an email it hangs Outlook and I have
to close the program.
If I click on a doc in Windows Explorer the same thing happens.
I can open Word and drag the document from Windows Explorer and it
opens OK.

Very frustrating. Problem seemed to begin after an update.
I hope someone has a solution.

-- Hoby, in Idaho