Word will not open a doc from widows Explorer

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GWL

Word will work normally when it is opened and a document opened from it's
own file menu. But If a Document is clicked on in Windows Explorer several
different errors may occur. Error 1. Word cannot open (Non-existent path
here). When the OK button is pressed the dialog may re-occur several times
with differing non-existent paths specified. Eventually, the clicked
document may open. Error 2. Word opens with no document open, just an empty
word window. Error number 3. "Windows cannot find (Correct Document Path
Here) Make sure you have typed the name correctly. When OK is clicked Word
opens without a document open. These errors happen in no particular order.

A document can be dragged to the open empty word window an the document
opens. This is on a Win XP Home machine using Office 2000. All other Office
programs behave correctly. I have tried Office repair and re-associating
file extensions without success. Any ideas?
 
R

RWN

Re-register Word;
Start->Run
Type winword /r (note the space prior to the "/r")
<OK>
This should re-set the file associations.
 
G

GWL

Thanks for the info. Re-registering solved the error messages, but clicking
on a word document in My Documents still only opens Word without a document
loading. If Word is open, clicking on a document immediately opens the
document in Word. I am at a loss as to what to try next.

GWL
 
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