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Word Viewer problem
Hi Astrid Yes, the file association for .doc has no problem which is the same as what you said below, like "[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen("%1")]" in the textbox DDE message. And yes, I can open only one Word session when double-clicking on a doc file via Windows Explorer, and the second one use the same way to open it

MS Word Macros from Command Prompt
"Open" and in the popup menu, scroll to Microsoft Word, then place a check mark in the box at the bottom to always open files of this type with the program. That will fix the association problem for DOC files. -- Jim Pickering "Jaemy Steinke" <jaemybrac...@tds.net> wrote in message

Acrobat Reader memory
Richard Price rjpr...@my-deja.com comp os ms-windows apps word-proc Wynn That error message can be caused by incorrect entries in the .DOC file association, although I'm not so sure about the 'Document1' part. In case it is the file association, see this previous post (and its thread if necessary) for an

wordpro command line syntax to import an word .doc file
Seems that when opening, Attain/Win98 uses the registry association and completely ignores what application I want it to use. The same happens if I change the .txt file to a .doc file - even though I specify Wordpad, it still prints thru Word. But one thing I glean from your suggestion is the word-wrap feature.

Opening Word in Works 4.5
Try reregistering Word by going to Start | Run, typing winword.exe /r and pressing Enter (note that there is a space before the forward slash. Or see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm. This will change the file association for .doc and .dot files from Works to Word. Also, if you open Word first

Can't open doc. file
By disabling this tab, you can prevent malicious users from creating an association that starts a risky or destructive program. Also, users cannot create less productive associations, such as associating the .doc file type with Wordpad instead of Microsoft Word. This is a particular risk on multi-user systems,

Click on DOC starts Word r.th. FrameMaker
Is it a service running in the background that allows left clicking once on a file name to activate a program or is it something that's built into the kernel or what? It's called "association". You click on a .doc file and Word runs. You click on an .xls file and Excel runs. .pdf is no different - click on a file

MS Word 97 problem
fox fox...@ddyne.com comp os ms-windows apps word-proc I have lost the ability to click on a word doc file and have it open up Word 97. It shows up as an association and to open when viewing settings in File Associations, however, I keep getting the error can not find VSOPEN.exe.......search of entire HD does not

Update: Can't open *.doc attachments
It looks up that extension to find out what program to open the file with. For example, if you have a .doc file, you will usually be pointed to Microsoft Word, an .xls file will be opened in Excel, and so on. You get these "association," as they are called, when you install an application that knows what to do with

Can't open word DOC file by clicking on it..Help Please>
Whether they were opened from explorer, Word's File-Open, or from a DOS prompt. The last doc closed saves normal.dot regardless of the sequence they were opened in. After some trial & error (mostly error), I found that if the command the AS/400 sends to the client is simply the file name, letting file association

NIghtmare - Getting Tables From Word in FP2000
If you are opening the files outside the application (other than using File/Open) then it sounds like the file association needs to be recreated. Hi, When I try to open up any .doc file in word it says that the file is not available. This also happens to other XP files such as .xls, .ppt etc Any help would be

Can't Open Attachments.......Please Help!
However, WORD associations are usually labelled as "Microsoft Word Document". You could right-click a DOC file and look at properties to find the file type. If you find it in the list it is probably simplest to delete this association and create a new one for Wordpad. Otherwise, select a DOC file, right-click it,

r95 - branches/1.0/tutorial
Rob, Check to see if Wordpad is still the registered default application for opening .doc files. If so, try changing the association of .doc files from Wordpad to MS Works (wkswp.exe). Start ==> Settings ==> Folder Options | Choose "File Types" tab | Locate "Microsoft Word Document" | If "Opens with" reads

Apple II Csa2 FAQs: History, Part 14/25
...Alan In microsoft.public.win95.filediskmanage, Tevibear <tevib...@aol.com> wrote: Put %1% at the end of the command line for the association properties of the DOC file. Located in View/folder options/file types Tevi Alan Edwards wrote: In microsoft.public.win95.filediskmanage, p...@dial.pipex.com (John

downloading word 97 files
Suzanne S. Barnhill sbarnh...@mvps.org microsoft public word newusers Because Windows can't have more than one file association for the .doc file extension, it will usually open Word docs in the Word version that was last used. And later versions of Word are more aggressive about seizing the file association than

Easy ? about .doc documents
Then in FP2000 I configured the editors: Tools| Options | Configure Editors (Tab) | Add File Association (Add Button) [File Type: .rtf] [Editor Name: FrontPage (Frontpg.exe)] to open an *.rtf In summary, the "secret" is saving the *.doc file in Word (Save As) in the *.rtf format and opening it with FrontPage.

How can I do this
(Consider that Word is fine opening those text files, too.) Word files have been .doc a long time, too. Wouldn't .word have been a more rational ending? Well, it's a pretty trivial matter to know the default association. I'm not talking about the user knowing it. I'm talking about the OS getting it wrong.

Outlook can't open word attachments
In Win95 a filetype is determined by its extension (a .doc file is a word-file, a .gif file a GIF file etc.) Under OS/2 the filetype is independent of its extension. So double clicking that file, yields describe opening it.. Again, in Win95 you can easily associate multiple actions with a file type.

My Documents Problem
If you click on test.doc, for example, it should start Microsoft Word, then Open the test.doc file in Word. That's because the .doc extension has been associated with winword.exe - NOT because the .exe extension has been associated with anything. Likewise, test.xls should start Microsoft Excel and Open test.xls in

Registry problems... can't double-click to open .doc
I followed your suggestion: deleted the DOC file association and then re-registered WORD (setup files are on my hard drive). .... WHen I change the association of a .doc file to Word Pad, it opens normally from Windows Explorer. However, when I change the association back to Word, the faialure to open is once again