Word document opening in Word Pad

When I copy a document from the network to my lap top, the document opens in
Word Pad rather than Word. What is causing this problem and how do I fix it?
I also noticed that PowerPoint files copied down do not open and do not even
show that they are PowerPoint documents. This is a new lap top and the
Office SUite was installed on it recently.

You might try Help - Detect and Repair. Does that restore/repair the
associations?

If not, then take a look he

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q210565/

to see if reregistering via the /r switch helps. If the problem also occurs
with other Office applications, however, I suspect it's a broader
installation issue that can't be fixed simply by using Word's /r switch.

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"bah" wrote in message
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When I copy a document from the network to my lap top, the document opens
in
Word Pad rather than Word. What is causing this problem and how do I fix
it?
I also noticed that PowerPoint files copied down do not open and do not
even
show that they are PowerPoint documents. This is a new lap top and the
Office SUite was installed on it recently.

Thanks - that solved it.

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

You might try Help - Detect and Repair. Does that restore/repair the
associations?

If not, then take a look he

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q210565/

to see if reregistering via the /r switch helps. If the problem also occurs
with other Office applications, however, I suspect it's a broader
installation issue that can't be fixed simply by using Word's /r switch.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"bah" wrote in message
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When I copy a document from the network to my lap top, the document opens
in
Word Pad rather than Word. What is causing this problem and how do I fix
it?
I also noticed that PowerPoint files copied down do not open and do not
even
show that they are PowerPoint documents. This is a new lap top and the
Office SUite was installed on it recently.

I'm sorry Herb, this makes no sense to me. Perhaps there is a more simple
answer.

I just bought Office 2007 and installed it on my laptop. Now, every time I
open a Word document one of my students sends me through email, it opens in
Wordpad and shows a bunch of garbled language. My students have brand new
laptops to use and they all have Office 2007. If I download the document and
save it, then try to open it, I still get Wordpad and the garbled language.
However, if I open Word first, then choose "Open" (document), I am able to
open the saved student work. It is very frustrating. I am used to just
clicking on the file and having the file open no problem. It just won't do
it.

I can't open Power Points either.

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

You might try Help - Detect and Repair. Does that restore/repair the
associations?

If not, then take a look he

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q210565/

to see if reregistering via the /r switch helps. If the problem also occurs
with other Office applications, however, I suspect it's a broader
installation issue that can't be fixed simply by using Word's /r switch.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"bah" wrote in message
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When I copy a document from the network to my lap top, the document opens
in
Word Pad rather than Word. What is causing this problem and how do I fix
it?
I also noticed that PowerPoint files copied down do not open and do not
even
show that they are PowerPoint documents. This is a new lap top and the
Office SUite was installed on it recently.

See the article "How to re-register Word when problems crop up opening
files� at:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...gisterWord.htm


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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Rachel" wrote in message
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I'm sorry Herb, this makes no sense to me. Perhaps there is a more simple
answer.

I just bought Office 2007 and installed it on my laptop. Now, every time I
open a Word document one of my students sends me through email, it opens
in
Wordpad and shows a bunch of garbled language. My students have brand new
laptops to use and they all have Office 2007. If I download the document
and
save it, then try to open it, I still get Wordpad and the garbled
language.
However, if I open Word first, then choose "Open" (document), I am able to
open the saved student work. It is very frustrating. I am used to just
clicking on the file and having the file open no problem. It just won't do
it.

I can't open Power Points either.

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

You might try Help - Detect and Repair. Does that restore/repair the
associations?

If not, then take a look he

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q210565/

to see if reregistering via the /r switch helps. If the problem also
occurs
with other Office applications, however, I suspect it's a broader
installation issue that can't be fixed simply by using Word's /r switch.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
http://www.herbtyson.com
Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
"bah" wrote in message
news
When I copy a document from the network to my lap top, the document
opens
in
Word Pad rather than Word. What is causing this problem and how do I
fix
it?
I also noticed that PowerPoint files copied down do not open and do not
even
show that they are PowerPoint documents. This is a new lap top and the
Office SUite was installed on it recently.