Word attachments in Outlook

Word attachments in my outlook 2003 (using Vista Ultimate) opens in wordpad.
It is text. So, I can't read the attachment.

When I went in to do "detect and repair" in Word 2003, I lost all my old
emails. The outlook it setup under this detect and repair is blank, does not
open word documents in word.

I went into control panel, I set up the default for *.doc as Word. Now, the
message comes up as %1 is not a valid win32 application.

How do I solve this tricky problem?

If you save the DOC file to your hard drive and double click on it, does it
open in Word?

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Word attachments in my outlook 2003 (using Vista Ultimate) opens in
wordpad.
It is text. So, I can't read the attachment.

When I went in to do "detect and repair" in Word 2003, I lost all my old
emails. The outlook it setup under this detect and repair is blank, does
not
open word documents in word.

I went into control panel, I set up the default for *.doc as Word. Now,
the
message comes up as %1 is not a valid win32 application.

How do I solve this tricky problem?

Yes. This is the only way I am able to open attachment.

It is very cumbersome. It used to launch Word automatically. Also where did
all my old emails go after the 'detect and repair' episode?

"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

If you save the DOC file to your hard drive and double click on it, does it
open in Word?

"Accept Creditcards on website"
. com wrote in message
...
Word attachments in my outlook 2003 (using Vista Ultimate) opens in
wordpad.
It is text. So, I can't read the attachment.

When I went in to do "detect and repair" in Word 2003, I lost all my old
emails. The outlook it setup under this detect and repair is blank, does
not
open word documents in word.

I went into control panel, I set up the default for *.doc as Word. Now,
the
message comes up as %1 is not a valid win32 application.

How do I solve this tricky problem?

Accept Creditcards on website
. com wrote:

It is very cumbersome. It used to launch Word automatically. Also
where did all my old emails go after the 'detect and repair' episode?

The Detect and Repair apparently created a new PST. Reconnect your old PST:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...771141033.aspx
--
Brian Tillman

I am able to get the "old" files back. But the problem of *.doc files not
opening in Word still remains.

Can you please help me with that?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Accept Creditcards on website
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It is very cumbersome. It used to launch Word automatically. Also
where did all my old emails go after the 'detect and repair' episode?

The Detect and Repair apparently created a new PST. Reconnect your old PST:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...771141033.aspx
--
Brian Tillman

Accept Creditcards on website
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I am able to get the "old" files back. But the problem of *.doc files
not opening in Word still remains.

Verify the File Type attributes for file type ".doc".
--
Brian Tillman

I double checked: It is Word. (Office 11.)

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Accept Creditcards on website
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I am able to get the "old" files back. But the problem of *.doc files
not opening in Word still remains.

Verify the File Type attributes for file type ".doc".
--
Brian Tillman

Accept Creditcards on website
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I double checked: It is Word. (Office 11.)

And what is the Open action for the fle type?
--
Brian Tillman

The message is "%1 is not a valid win 32 application".

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Accept Creditcards on website
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I double checked: It is Word. (Office 11.)

And what is the Open action for the fle type?
--
Brian Tillman

Accept Creditcards on website
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The message is "%1 is not a valid win 32 application".

How does that answer my question, which was

And what is the Open action for the fle type?
--
Brian Tillman