not solved yet. The files are attributed to the right application.
When I double click on a Word file, it opens Microsoft Word. The problem is
that it only opens the application, not the file I have clicked on.
The same happens on Excel, but not on PowerPoint. Its files open like a charm.
Try this: in Explorer, Menu: Tools/Folder Options.../File Types locate
DOC; click Advanced; in Actions, select Open and make sure it's bold;
select Edit.... You should see:
Action: Open
Application used to perform action: "path\WINWORD.EXE" /n /dde
Use DDE: <ticked>
DDE Message: [FileOpen("%1")]
Application: WinWord
DDE Application Not Running: <empty>
Topic: System
Well, that's what on my system anyway, and it works. PowerPoint doesn't
seem to use DDE messages, which means that if you do have those entries
above already, the DDE mechanism on your PC is broken.
Forget my previous message (above) - it doesn't seem to repair WINWORD's
functionality to open files by double-clicking on a document in
Explorer. In fact, it makes it worse. For a start, the DDE Message
should be:
DDE Message: [REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen("%1")]
but even that doesn't really work (nor do I understand the [REM ...]
part), although that is exactly what several system here show. However
running "WINWORD /R" works every time. Have you tried that?
Also, putting this command in
Application used to perform action: "path\WINWORD.EXE" "%1"
instead of the /n /dde switches and unticking "Use DDE:" works here as
well.
((.