Click OK to close the Folder Options dialog box.
Click OK to close the Edit File Type dialog box.Click OK to close the Editing Action dialog box.Make sure the Topic box contains the word System.The DDE Application Not Running box should be empty.Make sure the Application box contains the word WinWord.Make sure the DDE Message box contains the following:.Make sure the Use DDE check box is selected."D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE" /n /dde (The path shown may need to be modified for your particular system and version of Word.) Make sure the Application Used to Perform Action contains the following.Make sure the Action box contains &Open.
#CAN T FIND MY WORD DOCUMENT WINDOWS#
Windows opens the Editing Action dialog box. The Open action should now be shown in bold-face type. Normally it is the Open action that is in bold. One of those actions should be shown in bold-face type.
#CAN T FIND MY WORD DOCUMENT SERIES#
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\winword.exe" /regserver You should then, immediately, use the following command: (You can use Windows' Search tool to locate the path to the winword.exe file.) The /unregserver switch "unhooks" all the references to Word in the Windows Registry. The quotes are necessary, but you may need to change the path so it reflects the location of the winword.exe file on your system. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\winword.exe" /unregserver From the command line, use the following command: Since double-clicking on a Word document in Windows Explorer opens Word, the file types are probably associated correctly, but it doesn't hurt to go through the steps anyway. The first thing to check is to make sure that the file extensions are correctly associated with Word. He can still open the documents using File | Open (within Word), but cannot double-click to open a document. Instead, what he gets is a blank document. Now, when he double-clicks a Word document in Windows Explorer, the document doesn't open. Clive has a system that just hasn't worked correctly since he installed and then removed Open Office.