word .docx file is opened by winrar

[Mike]

Hi

My word .docx file is opened by winrar. How to fix it?
OS is Win 7.

Thanks in advance.

Mike

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Right-click on a Word document, choose "Open with," select "Browse,"
be sure the box for "Always use this program to open this kind of
file" (or something like that) is checked, and choose Word.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Peter has told you one approach; for others, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm or
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-which-programs-Windows-uses-by-default
or http://www.gmayor.com/Document_Not_Found.htm.

But note that the reason WinRar is opening the file is that .docx is
actually a .zip format, and WinRar evidently recognizes this. If you change
the extension to .zip, you can extract the file's components, including the
raw XML.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Mike]

Right-click on a Word document, choose "Open with," select "Browse,"
be sure the box for "Always use this program to open this kind of
file" (or something like that) is checked, and choose Word.

The file is on the webpage. When I right click on that file, it doesn't show "Open with". The same problem happens on Excel (.xlsx) file.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Generally speaking, you shouldn't be opening something in Word before
downloading it. In case you do some editing, you won't be able to save
the changes.