word docs are opening as wordpad!

[maddvirg]

i have installed office 2003 on my new computer which has windows vista
premium. all my old word documents, and any new word docs i save, only open
in wordpad (despite new docs being selected to save in word doc), which loses
all formatting. help!
i have tried updating and using the program compatibility wizard.

 

[Pranav Vaidya]

You have a problem with file associations.

Go to Control Panel
Select Folder options
Select 'file Types' tab
Select extension '.DOC'
Click on change and specifiy the path of winword.exe.

 

[Graham Mayor]

How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening files
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

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[maddvirg]

pranav. i cant thank you enough! ive been trying to sort this out for weeks
now and you really helped.
i couldnt go by exactly the same route as there was no "file types" tab,
however i found the appropriate answer to my question in the windows help and
support section (Q9: "Change the program that opens a type of file").
thanks heaps, as i wouldnt have known where to look or what words to use to
ask the question. everything has now magically been changed back to normality
for me. thanks!

 

[maddvirg]

graham, i did this last time and it did nothing to change the situation. but
pranav has set me straight. thanks!

 

[Graham Mayor]

You should have said and then I would have suggested the next step.

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[maddvirg]

sorry. i forgot to mention that one. thanks anyway.