Setting MS Word as HTML Editor in IE6

[Alan]

Hi all,

I first posted this in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress, and it was
suggested that I ask this question here instead.

Anyway, I am running XP Home with SP2 and IE6, and Office XP with SP3
installed. When I am
in Internet Explorer and click Tools | Internet Options and select the
Program tab, the only two options that are available to me as HTML editors
are Notepad and Excel.

Additionally, when I click on File in the title bar, the choice I see in the
drop-down menu is "Edit with Notepad."

There was a time when I could see -- and set -- MS Word as my default IE6
HTML editor. Then, for no apparent reason (although I'm sure there is some
reason) IE6 no longer offered Word as a choice. Still later, Word was again
available for my selection.

Does anyone know why I seem to lose Word as my HTML editor choice from time
to time? More importantly is there some way that if it goes away as a choice
I can easily get it back?

Alan

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

Hi all,

I first posted this in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress, and it was
suggested that I ask this question here instead.

Anyway, I am running XP Home with SP2 and IE6, and Office XP with SP3
installed. When I am
in Internet Explorer and click Tools | Internet Options and select the
Program tab, the only two options that are available to me as HTML editors
are Notepad and Excel.

Additionally, when I click on File in the title bar, the choice I see in
the drop-down menu is "Edit with Notepad."

There was a time when I could see -- and set -- MS Word as my default IE6
HTML editor. Then, for no apparent reason (although I'm sure there is some
reason) IE6 no longer offered Word as a choice. Still later, Word was
again available for my selection.

Does anyone know why I seem to lose Word as my HTML editor choice from
time to time? More importantly is there some way that if it goes away as
a choice I can easily get it back?

Alan

See:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/htmleditor.htm
"Adding an HTML Editor entry to the registry and set as the default".

Hope this helps, Alan.

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

[Alan Edwards]

A 'simple' VB script based utility to "Add New Internet Explorer 5
Editor" is available from Bill James
http://www.billsway.com/vbspage/

....Alan

 

[Alan]

That worked perfectly, Vincenzo.

Thanks so much.

Alan

 

[Vincenzo Di Russo [MVP]]

That worked perfectly, Vincenzo.

Thanks so much.

YW. Glad to help and thanks for the feedback, Alan.

Alan

--
Vincenzo Di Russo
Microsoft® MVP - Most Valuable Professional
Windows - Internet Explorer since 2003
My home:
My Blog: http://blogs.dotnethell.it/vincent/

 

[Alan]

Thanks for your input, Alan (I kind of like that name!! :> )

I used the VB script that Vincenzo posted above, but I'm guessing that the
script that you provided to link to would have worked just as effectively.

Alan