cant associate doc files word

Hi there
I cant seemed to associate .doc files with Word. They are insisting on associating with Notepad. I try to associate it through the relevent window, however despite clicking on the .exe file it wont associate. It doesnt even add it to the "possibles" window.
Any one elese having issues with this? It is becoming a pain having to open files through opening Word.

Hmm, mine worked correctly from the get-go and I didn't have to do anything about it. Are you using Word 2003 or 2007? Did you try to the right-click, Open With approach? (Not sure if that's what you meant by "the relevant window" or "possibles"). If you upgraded rather than do a clean install, maybe you need to uninstall then reinstall Word. But I'm just guessing.

"Dazza" wrote in message

Hi there
I cant seemed to associate .doc files with Word. They are insisting on associating with Notepad. I try to associate it through the relevent window, however despite clicking on the .exe file it wont associate. It doesnt even add it to the "possibles" window.
Any one elese having issues with this? It is becoming a pain having to open files through opening Word.