Word docs open in 2007 instead of 2010.

[JohnW]

I have Office 2010 on my laptop and PC. I also need to retain Office 2007
for instructional purposes. When I double click any type of Word file on the
laptop it opens in 2010 - great, that's what I want. However, double click
the same on the PC and it opens and starts to instal 2007 - don't want that.
I have used 'Open with...' the default shows the 2010 icon but the PC still
wants to start up 2007. I can open files in 2010 but only after having first
started 2010 from the programs menu.

Any ideas?

John

 

[Graham Mayor]

Both versions share some resources. You therefore need to ensure that both
versions do not re-configure to grab those resources when started, then
associate the documents with which Word version you require as default.. See
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm with reference to the
registry entries (Word 2010 is Word 14.0) and see
http://www.gmayor.com/Document_Not_Found.htm which shows how to associate
the documents manually - again substituting Office14 as appropriate..

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