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How to avoid loading two Word97 sessions?
Leo Graham leogra...@email.com microsoft public word word97vba microsoft public officedev 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

Can't open file in Office 2003 Word or Excel from Windows Expl
Sue Mosher [MVP] s...@slipstick.com microsoft public win95 exchangefax The file type association for .doc files is probably corrupted or missing. If you drop a .doc file on any printer icon, you would probably get the same error. The best solution, because of the complexity of the Word print action, is to rerun Word

Can't fax MS WORD file
ORG (Tim Stephen) wrote: I don't have WordPro, nor PMMail, nor do I ever look at Word-generated documents . . . Well, I have the association in PMMAIL for items with .DOC extension to open as appliation/octet stream by executing wordpro with the wordpro directory as the default. This doesn't work.

Help with missing file association please
Cari \(MS-MVP\) Newsgrou...@coribright.com microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support Open Microsoft Word, then File, Open and point it to the doc file you want to open. If you've lost the file association, reinstall Microsoft Word. However I'm not sure if you're trying to download this file or open it,

Shells (Was: OS/2 4.0 vs Windows)
I came back to work after a couple of days away, and all of my .doc files had little 'glasses' on them, so any file I opened did so in Viewer. (the computer is left on all the time) your 'fix' appears to have worked, but it would be interesting to now how Word decided to associate the .doc files to the Viewer by

Word 2007-Mail Merge has lost link to source
I had previously checked the file association properties for Microsoft Word Document (.doc) and Microsoft Word Template (.dot). I have WordViewer rather than Word installed for this association but unchecking that option allows a .doc file to be launched in an application window instead of in an IE window.

Can't open .doc file...help
My proplem is getting .doc to actually associate with Word 97 and not Word 2000. Honestly, I'm not sure if it is the association or the OS not understanding the double-click on a file name. Excel works fine with a double click. Only .doc files are giving me a problem.>> -- Hope that helps you, Bob Buckland ?

Can't open Office 97 Documents by double clicking them directly
Converting a complex WordPerfect document to Word format, or vice versa, often produces results that are far from pretty. WordPad only offers rtf (rich text) and that can be opened by WORD if the instructor has set the file association. Yes, but apparently the instructor wants a .doc file, not just something he can

file associations & Office 2000
Herb Tyson [MVP] h...@1x2y3z.xnw microsoft public word newusers In Control Panel's Search box, type "set asso". Under Folder Options, "Change the file type associated with a file extension" should appear as a link. Click it. In the list, click on .doc, then browse, etc. Does this do it? If not.

Question - How do you specify a file association
As a DP Manager by day in a medium sized law firm, I encounter at least 1 virus a week coming in off Word documents. Read the DOC file, it's easy. Now run the test virus on the hard drive and watch it replicate. Restart your system, and watch your anti-virus protection go into action. The difference appears to

MS Word Viewer files
Grrr. I am still getting the "Word can't open doc" message. The news article you referred to me talks about possible obsolete DLL files in the Windows/system 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

.doc file association after XP installation
This means that the Office 2000 installation overrides the file association functions of Windows--without telling us what it is doing. As an experiment, I also tried this with Word .doc files--I used the "open with" method to change the file association for .docs from Word to WordPad. But the only result is that

File associations and Word 97
When I try to open a .doc file in Windows Mail msg says to set association in the control panel, which is already done. If I change the assocation to Wordpad then Wordpad launches. Changing back to Word gets the "no association" message again. Saving the .doc file to disk and then clicking on it works fine.

Please free me from the curse of Word XP
Plan B With Word (and Outlook) closed - delete the DOC file association from Windows Explorer > tools > folder options Then re-register Word by typing winword 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,

Can't open file in Office 2003 Word or Excel from Windows Expl
Any standard word document that is on a network drive of any kind will not save the path to its data source. I am working with .doc as the main documents and .dta as the data sources. I have covered all areas of permissions and file attributes. (There is still the same error with micrcosoft where you remove the

Can't open .doc file...help
Jerry G. jerry...@hotmail.com 24hoursupport helpdesk If this is a doc file, you can change its association back. In XP, do a single mouse right key-click on the file. I accidently opened an MS Word document in 'Word Notepad' and the text came up all gibberish. I can't now open this file in MSWord and was hoping

Can't open files with spaces in the name
Select Open with..., choose the correct program, and make sure the Always use this program to open this type of file box is checked. Click OK and you're done. But the problem doesn't come from there. The association between my files and the applications is correct. When I double click on a .doc file, Word is

Double-clicking on Word 97 file gives bizarre error message
Very different files but both saved as this mysterious FLA file type. Originaly they were associated with netscape install utility. Any suggestions here? forman -----Original Message----- Hi, Forman. If you click on test.doc, for example, it should start Microsoft Word, then Open the test.doc file in Word.

Can't open DOC file by clicking on it Help Please
Simple steps to reset the association: 1) Open Explorer. 2) Select View / Option 3) From the Option screen select File Types. 4) Scroll and find DOC File. 5) High Light and select EDIT. 6) Change the icon to point to the MS Word executable.. 7) At the bottom of the screen High light the "Open" line and select EDIT.

doc formats causing errors
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 reveal it anywhere. How can I get this function back