Opening Files in Word

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DS

Everytime I try to open a file in Word 2003, by clicking
on the word file itself word starts up but the document
does not load. It has a blank word screen with nothing on
it. If I go back to the file a click it again it loads up
all the way. I also can open files from the File open
menu. I just cannot open them by double clicking on the
file name. Can someone help me with this?? Thanks in
advance
 
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Beth Melton

Sounds like you need to recreate the file associations that are used
when you open a document outside the application. Go to Start/Run and
run:

winword /a

Note the space before the forward slash.

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Beth Melton

Yes - that 'idea' would be providing you with the correct switch. :-(

Sorry, the /a is for troubleshooting. Try running this command
instead:

winword /r

Note the space before the forward slash.

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ds

Still nothing...any other ideas??

Thanks
Donnie
-----Original Message-----
Yes - that 'idea' would be providing you with the correct switch. :-(

Sorry, the /a is for troubleshooting. Try running this command
instead:

winword /r

Note the space before the forward slash.

--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/





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Beth Melton

If you can open the files using File/Open in Word but not by
double-clicking them then the problem is due to the file association.
Try restarting your computer and running the winword /r command again.

If that doesn't work then open the Windows Explorer, go to
Tools/Folder Options and on the File Types tab locate the file type
for Word Documents and delete it. Restart your computer and run the
winword /r command again. (Don't worry - I've deleted the Word file
association 100s of times :) )

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Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
 
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ds

Still nothing...
-----Original Message-----
If you can open the files using File/Open in Word but not by
double-clicking them then the problem is due to the file association.
Try restarting your computer and running the winword /r command again.

If that doesn't work then open the Windows Explorer, go to
Tools/Folder Options and on the File Types tab locate the file type
for Word Documents and delete it. Restart your computer and run the
winword /r command again. (Don't worry - I've deleted the Word file
association 100s of times :) )

--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/





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Beth Melton

I'm starting to run out of ideas here. This is odd.

What virus scanner do you use? Do you use Norton? If so then go to
Norton Options and in the Miscellaneous section turn off "Enable
Office Plug-in"

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assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
 
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Guest

I use mcafee
-----Original Message-----
I'm starting to run out of ideas here. This is odd.

What virus scanner do you use? Do you use Norton? If so then go to
Norton Options and in the Miscellaneous section turn off "Enable
Office Plug-in"

--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/





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