.doc file type is wordpad, not word

[Guest]

Hi people, new to this so forgive me and thanks in advance for your patience. All my word (.doc) files are saving as wordpad, despite them appearing as 'word document' under save as. I have tried (a) reregistering word with windows (b) opening files using “open with†rather than clicking directly on them and (c) in control panel going to tools, folder options, file types, .doc files – and specifying word as the program that opens any .doc files.

As far as I can tell I think the key problem is that for some reason my computer is recognizing all documents with a .doc extension as a wordpad document, rather than a word document. This is what happens when I try option (C) above, and it tells me that “Files with extension 'DOC' are of type "Wordpad Document'.

I can still actually access all the word files, I just have to open up the word programme, and then open the files from there, rather than just double clicking on them in My Docs. When I do double click on them the message reads “"Word is experiencing an error trying to open this file. Try these options. Check the file permissions for the document or drive. Make sure there is sufficient free memory and disk space. * Open the file with the Text Recovery converter.â€

I would be grateful of anyone’s assistance.

Charles.

 

[Jezebel]

Open Windows Explorer. Go to Tools > Folder Options > File Types. Scroll
down till you find DOC. Click Change. Select Word.

Hi people, new to this so forgive me and thanks in advance for your

patience. All my word (.doc) files are saving as wordpad, despite them
appearing as 'word document' under save as. I have tried (a) reregistering
word with windows (b) opening files using "open with" rather than clicking
directly on them and (c) in control panel going to tools, folder options,
file types, .doc files - and specifying word as the program that opens any
..doc files.

As far as I can tell I think the key problem is that for some reason my

computer is recognizing all documents with a .doc extension as a wordpad
document, rather than a word document. This is what happens when I try
option (C) above, and it tells me that "Files with extension 'DOC' are of
type "Wordpad Document'.

I can still actually access all the word files, I just have to open up the

word programme, and then open the files from there, rather than just double
clicking on them in My Docs. When I do double click on them the message
reads ""Word is experiencing an error trying to open this file. Try these
options. Check the file permissions for the document or drive. Make sure
there is sufficient free memory and disk space. * Open the file with the
Text Recovery converter."

 

[Guest]

Thanks Jezebel. I tried that, but it didnt work. All the documents that should be word are still file type wordpad. I am still unable to open them by right clicking on them. Any further ideas

Regards

Charles.

 

[Jezebel]

What application tries to open them when you double-click?

Go back to Explorer > Tools > Folder options. Find DOC in the list. Select,
click Advanced.

You should see "Word Document" with these actions: New, Open, Print,
Printto. 'Open' should be in bold. If not, select it and click 'Set Default'

Select Open and click Edit...

Application should be WINWORD.EXE /n (with whatever path)

Use DDE should be ticked.

DDE Message: [REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen("%1")]
Application: WinWord
DDE Application Not Running:
Topic: System

Thanks Jezebel. I tried that, but it didnt work. All the documents that

should be word are still file type wordpad. I am still unable to open them
by right clicking on them. Any further ideas?

 

[Graham Mayor]

The files themselves are unchanged. They are still Word documents, but the
file association is wrong ie the registry points to Wordpad in place of
Word. Re-registering Word (Windows > start > run - enter Winword /r) should
re-associate Word's files to the program.

If you checkout the approach indicated by Jezebel, look in the advanced
settings and see if Wordpad is making its presence felt there, though in
practice re-registering Word should fix this.

If this doesn't work then you need to ask in a group appropriate to your
operating system as this is an operating system issue rather than a Word
issue.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Try reregistering Word. Start | Run: Type

winword /r

Or 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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Thanks Jezebel. I tried that, but it didnt work. All the documents that

should be word are still file type wordpad. I am still unable to open them
by right clicking on them. Any further ideas?