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Old March 28th 06, 09:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps
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Default Windows Explorer cannot open Word files

Hi
I am running W95, and can no longer open Word files from Windows Explorer.
They can be found and opened OK from Word. can anyone suggest a cause and a
solution?

Many thanks.
Rosemary
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Old March 28th 06, 11:08 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps
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Default Windows Explorer cannot open Word files

Probably a poor association of Word files in Explorer-View-Folder
Options-File Types.
What version of Word?
What do you have as the "application to open" in File Types for .doc
files? (I assume that is what you are talking about)

....Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:43:02 -0800, Rosemary
wrote:

Hi
I am running W95, and can no longer open Word files from Windows Explorer.
They can be found and opened OK from Word. can anyone suggest a cause and a
solution?

Many thanks.
Rosemary

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Old March 29th 06, 07:48 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps
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Default Windows Explorer cannot open Word files

Hi Alan

Many thanks for your reply. I am using Office 97.
I had a similar problem on another machine (using W98) and posted a query to
the relevant newsgroup. The solution provided there solved both the W98 and
W95 problems. I have posted the solution below, in case anyone else has the
same difficulty in the future. An alternative approach was also suggested,
which I did not need to try. The details are in the W98 General newsgroup.

Thanks for your help.

Rosemary

Dear Don and Juan

Many thanks, both, for your quick and helpful replies. I tried Don's
solution first and it worked perfectly. It also, coincidentally, fixed a
similar problem I had on a W95 machine with Word.

Thanks again.
Rosemary

"Don Phillipson" wrote:

"Rosemary" wrote in message
...

I am using W98. When i try to open Excel files from Windows Explorer, it
does not work. This is only a recent problem - it used to work just fine.

I
can still find and open the files directly from Excel.


"File Association" may have been lost, viz. the
Registry item that connects all files of type XLS
with Excel.
1. The theory is explained in the help file.
2. To reset File Assoc:
-- select (highlight) one XLS icon
-- hold down shift key and right click on this icon
-- select "Open with . . ."
-- and select in the list Excel
-- and uncheck the box "always use this program . . "
-- and double click.
This should open the data file in Excel.
If it works OK repeat the process, and this
time check the box "always use this program . . "
which will write the selection into the Registry.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)





"Alan Edwards" wrote:

Probably a poor association of Word files in Explorer-View-Folder
Options-File Types.
What version of Word?
What do you have as the "application to open" in File Types for .doc
files? (I assume that is what you are talking about)

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html



On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:43:02 -0800, Rosemary
wrote:

Hi
I am running W95, and can no longer open Word files from Windows Explorer.
They can be found and opened OK from Word. can anyone suggest a cause and a
solution?

Many thanks.
Rosemary


 




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