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MS Office Forum / Word / Word Errors / August 2007Word wont work right with .doc files
If I click on a .doc file the computer doesnt know what to do with it. If I right click and go to open with word is not an option. Where is the actual program located? Is there something else I need to do to get this to work out? This is on a Vista machine, no problems on the xp machine that I installed it on too. Try this: Click Start (the Vista orb/pearl), type winword.exe /r into the Start Search box, and press Enter. This should re-register Word and fix the file associations. If not, then try doing a repair (close all Office programs, open Control Panel - Uninstall a Program - click on Microsoft Office [version] - Click Change - Click Repair - Click Continue, and follow any prompts). (To answer your other question... the executable for Word [2007] usually is located here: D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 If you have Word 2003, it will be in OFFICE11 instead of Office12. The executable is winword.exe.)  SignatureHerb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com > If I click on a .doc file the computer doesnt know what to do with it. If > I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > out? This is on a Vista machine, no problems on the xp machine that I > installed it on too. So I had the right place for where word was actually located, and I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Office already. Running the winword.exe /r didnt work and neither did the manual fix. Thank you for the help though. Let me add a few details to be more clear. I can open word and then through word search for the document I want and it will open fine. The problem comes when I am outside word and flick on a file in the documents folder for example and it doesnt know what to do with it. The location you said is where I navigated to in the open with window, but when I click on winword nothing happens. > Try this: > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > out? This is on a Vista machine, no problems on the xp machine that I > > installed it on too. A not-terribly-satisfying solution might be found in the following way: 1. Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to a .doc file. 2. Right-click the .doc file, choose Open with... -- Choose Default Program. 3a. If Word is displayed among the Recommended Programs listed, click on it, tick "Always use the selected program...." then click OK. 3b. If Word is NOT displayed among the Recommended Programs, then use the Browse button... navigate to winword.exe, click on it, click Open, tick "Always...", then click OK. SignatureHerb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com > So I had the right place for where word was actually located, and I tried > uninstalling and reinstalling Office already. Running the winword.exe /r [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> > out? This is on a Vista machine, no problems on the xp machine that I >> > installed it on too. Thats the first thing I did. I would click on winword and it would go back to the screen with the programs that you can use to open with and it isnt there. Word will not show up on that screen. > A not-terribly-satisfying solution might be found in the following way: > [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > >> > out? This is on a Vista machine, no problems on the xp machine that I > >> > installed it on too. Hi - I am having if not the same, a very similar problem. I am running Vista Business (OEM Dell) which also came with MS Works preinstalled. I have since installed MS Office 2003 Pro, after which I unistalled Works. I can open .doc files from within MS Word and I can create new .doc files. I am unable to open them via shortcuts or Windows Explorer. What I am unable to do is add MS Word to the list of applications when I highlight .doc extension. (via Control Panel - Default Programs - Set Assciations - Change Program - browse for winword.exe and click 'open'). It does not add the application to the applications list. I can add other Office applications such as PowerPoint, Excel etc) Word is associated with other file extensions such as .dot .docxml etc - it just seems to be the .doc extension. I am thinking that this may be a bug - any ideas? > Thats the first thing I did. I would click on winword and it would go back > to the screen with the programs that you can use to open with and it isnt [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > > >> > out? This is on a Vista machine, no problems on the xp machine that I > > >> > installed it on too. This does seem to be a common problem with Word .doc (sometimes docx) files in Vista. It appears to be a registry key issue. Take a look at the discussion here to see if the solution provided by "anna" on 6/17/2007 can fix your problem: http://www.computerhaven.info/forum/printable.aspx?m=55770&mpage=1 You might need to join that conversation and see if Patty MacDuffie will send you the fix she's sent to others. SignatureHerb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com > Hi - I am having if not the same, a very similar problem. > I am running Vista Business (OEM Dell) which also came with MS Works [quoted text clipped - 100 lines] >> > >> > that I >> > >> > installed it on too. The problem with Word not opening "doc" files correctly when they are double clicked OR when they are right clicked and then "Open With" is a result of a Microsoft Update that was released in July. I haven't identified yet which update it was, but it started on two different machines and installation of Word immediately following a slew of Windows Updates that were done. A search of the Microsoft Knowledge base so far doesn't uncover a specific solution, so to date there is no solution that I've found. I will be reviewing all the Windows updates and will try uninstalling each individually to see if I can identify the culprit. EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice http://www.eggheadcafe.com |
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