how to open 2003 'doc' files in MS 07

[Guest]

Hello,
I just installed Office Enterprise 2007 through my University. Everything
works well
except when I get an email with a "doc" attachment. After I click download
attachement, I get a message stating that the file is " not a valid Win32
document. The only way I get get into it is to save it, open up word and then
open the file directly through word. Can somebody please provide me with some
suggestions as to how to fix this problem.
Thanks

 

[Stefan Blom]

If you do save the file to the hard disk, are you saying that you still can't
double-click it? If this is the case, something could be wrong with the file
assocations for Word. Click the Start button (on the taskbar), and then click
Run. Type

winword /r

and press Enter. This re-registers Word with Windows (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm).

Note that it is safer to save the attachment to the hard disk before opening
it, anyway.

 

[Stefan Blom]

in message

If you do save the file to the hard disk, are you saying that you still
can't
double-click it? If this is the case, something could be wrong with the
file
assocations for Word. Click the Start button (on the taskbar), and then
click
Run. Type

winword /r

and press Enter. This re-registers Word with Windows (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm).

Clarification: This re-registers the *.doc file type with Windows (by
restoring the correct settings in the registry).