word saves documents as wordpad files

[tolongatsea]

I recently transferred computers and when the My documents transferred all of
the word files (doc) were converted to wordpad files. Now word will not save
a document as a .DOC it defaults to wordpad even when I save as and select
word file it will save it a wordpad file. how do I convert them back to a
..DOC file and set word to save them as a .DOC. This is bad because I have a
thesis to write and cant save as a DOC. Pleasae help.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Assuming you have Word on the new computer, your associations need to be
fixed.

How to change file associations in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859

How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...g=feed&subj=tr

 

[tolongatsea]

word will open the wordpad files but when I save the file as a word document
it will over ride the directions and save it as a wordpad file.

Assuming you have Word on the new computer, your associations need to be
fixed.

How to change file associations in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859

How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...g=feed&subj=tr


--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I recently transferred computers and when the My documents transferred all
of
the word files (doc) were converted to wordpad files. Now word will not
save
a document as a .DOC it defaults to wordpad even when I save as and select
word file it will save it a wordpad file. how do I convert them back to a
.DOC file and set word to save them as a .DOC. This is bad because I have
a
thesis to write and cant save as a DOC. Pleasae help.

.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If it is saving it as a .doc, it is *not* saving it as a WordPad file; you
are just seeing the WordPad icon because WordPad has grabbed the .doc file
association. You need to reregister Word to correct this; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm

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

word will open the wordpad files but when I save the file as a word
document
it will over ride the directions and save it as a wordpad file.

Assuming you have Word on the new computer, your associations need to be
fixed.

How to change file associations in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859

How do I... Change file extension associations in Windows Vista?
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...g=feed&subj=tr


--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I recently transferred computers and when the My documents transferred
all
of
the word files (doc) were converted to wordpad files. Now word will not
save
a document as a .DOC it defaults to wordpad even when I save as and
select
word file it will save it a wordpad file. how do I convert them back to
a
.DOC file and set word to save them as a .DOC. This is bad because I
have
a
thesis to write and cant save as a DOC. Pleasae help.

.