Word documents open in word pad

[Guest]

When I receive Word docs via email, or when I save a Word doc, the icon shows
up as a word pad doc and it opens in word pad if I don't open Word first then
open the file. Is there some sort of default setting that I can change so
that when I click on these files to open them, that Word will open and not
word pad?

 

[Chuck Davis]

In Windows Explorer, right click on the file name and then
choose Open with... from the menu and choose the program
that you want the file to open with.

 

[Guest]

Re-register Word by clicking on Start | Run, and in the Open box, type:

winword.exe /r

Yes, there is a space between winword.exe and /r. You might have to include
the path to your winword.exe file if Windows can't find it by itself. If so,
then the command might look something like:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\winword.exe" /r

Yes, include the quotation marks. Yes, there is a space between the closing
quotation mark and /r. But use the actual path to the winword.exe file on
your computer. Does this fix the problem?