Making Word my default when opening online documents

[lprogen]

Please help!! When I open documents online they automatically default to
Microsolft Works Processor. However the documents will not open as they are
Word documents. I have installed Microsoft Word on my computer and I'd like
to set it up as my default so that when I try to open up online documents
they will open!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

 

[Mecalith]

Using Word 2007 on Windows Vista Home Premium

I think that you want to change the association
( Start > Default Programs > Associate a file type or protocol with a
program. )

of: .doc (DOC File)
from: Microsoft Works Word Processor
to: Microsoft Office Word
at: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE

 

[Javadif]

Hi Mecalith, I tried following your instruction but there's no WINWORD.EXE,
its only shows WINWORD. And when I tried changing it to WINWORD and open up
a word doc as an email attachmetn it gives me an error message "that the file
does not have a program associated with it when performing this action". I
install Office 2007. Hope you can help me.