Ramesh said:Hi rodney,
Which version of Word you're using?
What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx files?
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
rodney said:After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through desktop
Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any difficulty
from
there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before sp1
but
this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
Thanks folks. I use MS Office 2000 premium SR-1. The message I get when trying to open files from Documents on Desktop is, "Windows cannot find C:\.........doc. Make sure oyu typed the name correctly, and then try again." Rod
rodney said:Ramesh said:Hi rodney,
Which version of Word you're using?
What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx files?
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
rodney said:After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through desktop
Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any difficulty
from
there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before
sp1
but
this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
Thanks folks. I use MS Office 2000 premium SR-1. The message I get when
trying to open files from Documents on Desktop is, "Windows cannot find
C:\.........doc. Make sure oyu typed the name correctly, and then try
again." Rod
Ramesh said:Does repairing Winword help? If not, inspect the .DOC file association
settings.
1. Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
2. Unzip the utility and extract the files to Desktop.
3. Double-click "FileExtInfo.exe" to run it.
4. Select .DOC file type from the list box
5. Click "View file association report"
6. Copy the contents of the report and include it in your reply.
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
rodney said:Ramesh said:Hi rodney,
Which version of Word you're using?
What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx files?
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through desktop
Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any difficulty
from
there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before
sp1
but
this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
Thanks folks. I use MS Office 2000 premium SR-1. The message I get when
trying to open files from Documents on Desktop is, "Windows cannot find
C:\.........doc. Make sure oyu typed the name correctly, and then try
again." Rod
rodney said:Thanks Ramesh Repair didn't work. I got down to View file association
report, but it doesn't let me copy, only paste, so I don't know how I can
copy the contents to you. Is there a simple way to do this that I haven't
noticed.
Rod
Ramesh said:Does repairing Winword help? If not, inspect the .DOC file association
settings.
1. Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
2. Unzip the utility and extract the files to Desktop.
3. Double-click "FileExtInfo.exe" to run it.
4. Select .DOC file type from the list box
5. Click "View file association report"
6. Copy the contents of the report and include it in your reply.
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
rodney said::
Hi rodney,
Which version of Word you're using?
What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx files?
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through
desktop
Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any
difficulty
from
there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before
sp1
but
this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
Thanks folks. I use MS Office 2000 premium SR-1. The message I get
when
trying to open files from Documents on Desktop is, "Windows cannot
find
C:\.........doc. Make sure oyu typed the name correctly, and then try
again." Rod
Ramesh said:Open the TXT file using Notepad. Press CTRL-A to Select all the contents,
and press CTRL-C to copy to clipboard.
Switch to your mail client/web based reader, and press CTRL-V to paste the
contents.
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
rodney said:Thanks Ramesh Repair didn't work. I got down to View file association
report, but it doesn't let me copy, only paste, so I don't know how I can
copy the contents to you. Is there a simple way to do this that I haven't
noticed.
Rod
Ramesh said:Does repairing Winword help? If not, inspect the .DOC file association
settings.
1. Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
2. Unzip the utility and extract the files to Desktop.
3. Double-click "FileExtInfo.exe" to run it.
4. Select .DOC file type from the list box
5. Click "View file association report"
6. Copy the contents of the report and include it in your reply.
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
:
Hi rodney,
Which version of Word you're using?
What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx files?
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through
desktop
Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any
difficulty
from
there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before
sp1
but
this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
Thanks folks. I use MS Office 2000 premium SR-1. The message I get
when
trying to open files from Documents on Desktop is, "Windows cannot
find
C:\.........doc. Make sure oyu typed the name correctly, and then try
again." Rod
rodney said:Thanks for the instructions. I hope the following is what you are looking
for.
Rod
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
File association information for [.DOC] file type
Generated by FileExtInfo v2.0 on 18/06/2008 16:00:48
FileExtInfo © 2005-2007 Ramesh Srinivasan.
Homepage: http://www.winhelponline.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\Word.Document.8\ShellNew]
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"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,01,00
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@="\\Software\\Microsoft\\Office\\9.0\\Word"
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@="C:\\Windows\\Installer\\{00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}\\wordicon.exe,1"
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@=""
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@=""
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@="NotesDocInfo"
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing\Verb\0]
@="Edit"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell]
@="Open"
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@="&New"
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New\ddeexec]
@="[REM _DDE_Direct][FileNew(\"%1\")]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New\ddeexec\Application]
@="WinWord"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open]
@="&Open"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n"
"command"=hex(7):31,00,30,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,67,00,78,00,73,00,66,00,28,00,\
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49,00,7b,00,6a,00,66,00,28,00,3d,00,31,00,26,00,4c,00,5b,00,2d,00,38,00,31,\
00,2d,00,5d,00,20,00,2f,00,6e,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\ddeexec]
@="[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen(\"%1\")]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\ddeexec\Application]
@="WinWord"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print]
@="&Print"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE\" /x /n"
"command"=hex(7):31,00,30,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,67,00,78,00,73,00,66,00,28,00,\
4e,00,67,00,5d,00,71,00,46,00,60,00,48,00,7b,00,4c,00,73,00,57,00,4f,00,52,\
00,44,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,6c,00,6c,00,54,00,5d,00,6a,00,\
49,00,7b,00,6a,00,66,00,28,00,3d,00,31,00,26,00,4c,00,5b,00,2d,00,38,00,31,\
00,2d,00,5d,00,20,00,2f,00,78,00,20,00,2f,00,6e,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec]
@="[REM _DDE_Minimize][FileOpen(\"%1\")][t=IsDocumentDirty()][FilePrint
0][SetDocumentDirty t][DocClose]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec\Application]
@="WinWord"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[FileOpen(\"%1\")][FilePrint 0][FileExit 2]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n"
"command"=hex(7):31,00,30,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,67,00,78,00,73,00,66,00,28,00,\
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec]
@="[REM _DDE_Minimize][FileOpen(\"%1\")][FilePrintSetup \"%2 on
p\",.DoNotSetAsSysDefault=1][FilePrint 0][DocClose 2][FilePrintSetup
\"\"]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec\Application]
@="WinWord"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[FileOpen(\"%1\")][FilePrintSetup \"%2 on
p\",.DoNotSetAsSysDefault=1][FilePrint 0][FileExit 2]"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"
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"ExtendedTileInfo"="prop:System.ItemType;System.Size;System.DateModified;System.Author;System.OfflineAvailability"
"FullDetails"="prop:System.PropGroup.Description;System.Title;System.Subject;System.Keywords;System.Category;System.Comment;System.PropGroup.Origin;System.Author;System.Document.LastAuthor;System.Document.RevisionNumber;System.Document.Version;System.ApplicationName;System.Company;System.Document.Manager;System.Document.DateCreated;System.Document.DateSaved;System.Document.DatePrinted;System.Document.TotalEditingTime;System.PropGroup.Content;System.ContentStatus;System.ContentType;System.Document.PageCount;System.Document.WordCount;System.Document.CharacterCount;System.Document.LineCount;System.Document.ParagraphCount;System.Document.Template;System.Document.Scale;System.Document.LinksDirty;System.Language;System.PropGroup.FileSystem;System.ItemNameDisplay;System.ItemType;System.ItemFolderPathDisplay;System.DateCreated;System.DateModified;System.Size;System.FileAttributes;System.OfflineAvailability;System.OfflineStatus;System.SharedWith;System.FileOwner;System.ComputerName"
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shellex\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{9DBD2C50-62AD-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC\OpenWithList]
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC\OpenWithProgids]
"Word.Document.8"=hex(0):
Ramesh said:Open the TXT file using Notepad. Press CTRL-A to Select all the contents,
and press CTRL-C to copy to clipboard.
Switch to your mail client/web based reader, and press CTRL-V to paste
the
contents.
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
rodney said:Thanks Ramesh Repair didn't work. I got down to View file association
report, but it doesn't let me copy, only paste, so I don't know how I
can
copy the contents to you. Is there a simple way to do this that I
haven't
noticed.
Rod
:
Does repairing Winword help? If not, inspect the .DOC file association
settings.
1. Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
2. Unzip the utility and extract the files to Desktop.
3. Double-click "FileExtInfo.exe" to run it.
4. Select .DOC file type from the list box
5. Click "View file association report"
6. Copy the contents of the report and include it in your reply.
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
:
Hi rodney,
Which version of Word you're using?
What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx
files?
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through
desktop
Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any
difficulty
from
there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok
before
sp1
but
this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
Thanks folks. I use MS Office 2000 premium SR-1. The message I
get
when
trying to open files from Documents on Desktop is, "Windows cannot
find
C:\.........doc. Make sure oyu typed the name correctly, and then
try
again." Rod
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