File types - I want wordpad

I wonder if someone in here might help me; generally I don't like to
muck about in the registry, but I will if I have to. I tried in
microsoft.public.word.newusers - but the MVPs who answered there could
only suggest workarounds or the opinion that Word's misconfiguration of
the registry should be acceptable to me.

This is that thread http://snipurl.com/9jxr snurled googleup 7 items
starts here

From: "Mike Easter"
Subject: File types - I want wordpad
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:49:07 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.newusers
Message-ID:

Here's a recapitulation of parts of my questions in that thread.


I want winword .doc files to open in wordpad, not winword.

However, when I try to open a winword.doc, it doesn't open in wordpad, it
doesn't open at all, but winword loads.

In My Computer/ View/ Folder options/ File types/ Microsoft Word Document
it sez

Opens with wordpad

In that same Filetypes section, I've changed everything in Edit to say
wordpad, new, edit, print and they all say "C:\Program
Files\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE" with the quotes except one of them sez
C:\PROGRA~1\ACCESS~1\WORDPAD.EXE "%1"

wordpad is in C:\Program Files\Accessories\Wordpad.exe

And...

When I shift click a winword doc and say 'open with' - if I leave 'always
use this program to open this file' *unchecked* and select wordpad then
it /will/ open in wordpad. If I *check* always use this program and
select wordpad, the file /doesn't/ open, wordpad doesn't open, but
winword loads just as I described at the top if I simply doubleclick the
..doc.

Win98se, Word 2002.

That was my first post, later I installed Open Expert to help me beat
back or avoid Word's invasion of my filetypes management by providing me
with an alternate R click context menu.

The MS MVPs who responded were Graham Mayor who acknowledged that Word
was invasive like that, and Suzanne Barnhill who seemed to feel that
everyone should want Word to open if they click on a .doc, regardless of
their own wishes.

Personally, I think I would rather fix whatever is wrong in the registry
than have to work around what is a bad configuration created by Word.


--
Mike Easter | http://www.verifiedvoting.org
Voter-Verified Paper Trail for 2004 Elections

"Mike Easter" wrote in message
...

I want winword .doc files to open in wordpad, not winword.

Before they are opened, your PC does not know a DOC
file was made by Word. All it knows is that the file has
a DOC extension.

1. Select (highlight) a DOC icon.
2. Shift + Right Click. Select from the menu
Open With . . .
3a. If WORDPAD is listed in the box, select it.
3b. If WORDPAD is not listed, / Browse to it and
select it.
4. Uncheck the box
Always use this app with this filetype.
5. Click OK.

This opens your selected DOC in WORDPAD.
If successful repeat the process and this time
5. Uncheck the box
Always use this app with this filetype.

Your problem is general, e.g. most of us have
more than two graphic viewers or music players,
and most of these want to become the default
for all files of the appropriate type. But just
because XYZ can read files of type NN1 does
not mean we always want to load XYZ.
The method given here lets us both assign
DOC filetypes to WORDPAD and load WORD
whenever we feel like it.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Just get rid of winword.
-----Original Message-----
I wonder if someone in here might help me; generally I
don't like to
muck about in the registry, but I will if I have to. I
tried in
microsoft.public.word.newusers - but the MVPs who
answered there could
only suggest workarounds or the opinion that Word's
misconfiguration of
the registry should be acceptable to me.

This is that thread http://snipurl.com/9jxr snurled
googleup 7 items
starts here

From: "Mike Easter"
Subject: File types - I want wordpad
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:49:07 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.newusers
Message-ID:

Here's a recapitulation of parts of my questions in that
thread.


I want winword .doc files to open in wordpad, not winword.

However, when I try to open a winword.doc, it doesn't
open in wordpad, it
doesn't open at all, but winword loads.

In My Computer/ View/ Folder options/ File types/
Microsoft Word Document
it sez

Opens with wordpad

In that same Filetypes section, I've changed everything
in Edit to say
wordpad, new, edit, print and they all say "C:\Program
Files\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE" with the quotes except one
of them sez
C:\PROGRA~1\ACCESS~1\WORDPAD.EXE "%1"

wordpad is in C:\Program Files\Accessories\Wordpad.exe

And...

When I shift click a winword doc and say 'open with' - if
I leave 'always
use this program to open this file' *unchecked* and
select wordpad then
it /will/ open in wordpad. If I *check* always use this
program and
select wordpad, the file /doesn't/ open, wordpad doesn't
open, but
winword loads just as I described at the top if I simply
doubleclick the
..doc.

Win98se, Word 2002.

That was my first post, later I installed Open Expert to
help me beat
back or avoid Word's invasion of my filetypes management
by providing me
with an alternate R click context menu.

The MS MVPs who responded were Graham Mayor who
acknowledged that Word
was invasive like that, and Suzanne Barnhill who seemed
to feel that
everyone should want Word to open if they click on
a .doc, regardless of
their own wishes.

Personally, I think I would rather fix whatever is wrong
in the registry
than have to work around what is a bad configuration
created by Word.


--
Mike Easter | http://www.verifiedvoting.org
Voter-Verified Paper Trail for 2004 Elections

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Have you tried saving the file as an .rtf or .txt to see if it works?

Also see if any of these helps:
How to Create Multiple Associations for One File Extension
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;133217

How to Create a File Association in Windows 98 and Windows Me
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q306493

--
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Mike Easter" wrote in message
...
I wonder if someone in here might help me; generally I don't like to
muck about in the registry, but I will if I have to. I tried in
microsoft.public.word.newusers - but the MVPs who answered there could
only suggest workarounds or the opinion that Word's misconfiguration of
the registry should be acceptable to me.

This is that thread http://snipurl.com/9jxr snurled googleup 7 items
starts here

From: "Mike Easter"
Subject: File types - I want wordpad
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:49:07 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.newusers
Message-ID:

Here's a recapitulation of parts of my questions in that thread.


I want winword .doc files to open in wordpad, not winword.

However, when I try to open a winword.doc, it doesn't open in wordpad, it
doesn't open at all, but winword loads.

In My Computer/ View/ Folder options/ File types/ Microsoft Word Document
it sez

Opens with wordpad

In that same Filetypes section, I've changed everything in Edit to say
wordpad, new, edit, print and they all say "C:\Program
Files\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE" with the quotes except one of them sez
C:\PROGRA~1\ACCESS~1\WORDPAD.EXE "%1"

wordpad is in C:\Program Files\Accessories\Wordpad.exe

And...

When I shift click a winword doc and say 'open with' - if I leave 'always
use this program to open this file' *unchecked* and select wordpad then
it /will/ open in wordpad. If I *check* always use this program and
select wordpad, the file /doesn't/ open, wordpad doesn't open, but
winword loads just as I described at the top if I simply doubleclick the
.doc.

Win98se, Word 2002.

That was my first post, later I installed Open Expert to help me beat
back or avoid Word's invasion of my filetypes management by providing me
with an alternate R click context menu.

The MS MVPs who responded were Graham Mayor who acknowledged that Word
was invasive like that, and Suzanne Barnhill who seemed to feel that
everyone should want Word to open if they click on a .doc, regardless of
their own wishes.

Personally, I think I would rather fix whatever is wrong in the registry
than have to work around what is a bad configuration created by Word.


--
Mike Easter | http://www.verifiedvoting.org
Voter-Verified Paper Trail for 2004 Elections

"Mike Easter" wrote in news:eOPK#fvqEHA.3252
@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl:


Personally, I think I would rather fix whatever is wrong in the registry
than have to work around what is a bad configuration created by Word.


I have Word 2000 installed, and before I had Office 97. I looked in the
registry, and found that the
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc key has the subfolders
ShellEx
Wordpad.Document.1
Word.Document.6
Word.Document.8
WordDocument
all containing more junk, while for instance the
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.drw key (from Micrografix Draw) only has a default
value.

I suggest that you rename
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc
to
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\._doc

and open a .doc file. Windows should ask what you want to use to open this,
and create a new, clean .doc entry.