Why are Word files appearing as Wordpad on my Desktop?

[Guest]

I recently ran into a problem where files created in Word and saved to
Desktop are suddenly changed to Wordpad files. If I open them in Word they
look fine but when I email them things such as underlines do not appear.

I would appreciate anyones help.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

I recently ran into a problem where files created in Word and saved to
Desktop are suddenly changed to Wordpad files. If I open them in Word they
look fine but when I email them things such as underlines do not appear.

Try the following:

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

Greetings
Robert