Opening a Word file in My Documents opens Publisher instead

J

Julius C

Lately whenever I open My Documents file and double-click to open a Word
document, the Publisher window opens first on the screen and attempts to
convert my Word document to a Publisher file. I then have to shut the
Publisher window, open Word and then open my document (I am running XP
Professional). How do I stop this from happening?
 
V

Van T. Dinh

It is likely that the File Type association in your computer somehow
associates ".DOC" file extension to Publisher rather than Word.

Use Windows Explorer Menu Tools / Folder Options... / File Type tab and find
the ".DOC" entry and re-associate it to Word rather than Publisher.

BTW, you posted to the wrong newsgroup. This newsgroup is for Microsoft
Access, a database application. If you still have problems, suggest you
re-post the question to one of the relevant Word newsgroups.
 
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