"Jeff Layman" <jmlayman@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Dave" <davidj92@wowway.com> wrote in message
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>> "Jeff Layman" <jmlayman@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>> Windows 7 Home Premium 64, IE Explorer 8 and MS Office 2010.
>>>> When I get an attachment via hotmail or gmail, that has an attachment
>>>> docx, if I right-click on it and click "open" the attachment will open
>>>> with WordPad. I have checked the file association and it is associated
>>>> with MS Word, but word won't open it that way.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Dave
>>>
>>> Can this help?:
>>> http://www.nirmaltv.com/2010/02/23/default-programs-editor-for-windows/
>>>
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>>>
>>> Jeff
>>
>> Jeff,
>> Thanks for the tip. I downloaded this and after playing with it for a
>> short time was able to make the changes I need for the open command to
>> use Word. For some reason, I save it to the registry, it will work one
>> time and the next time I use the open command it has changed back to
>> WordPad. I can change it, save it to registry, go back to main menu,
>> drill through the selections and the open command for docx is changed to
>> WordPad.
>> I think my computer has a ghost.
>> Dave
>
> Weird! Just a suggestion - what happens if you rename wordpad.exe (or
> temporarily move it from "%ProgramFiles%\Windows
> NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe"? Do you get an error message of any sort
> saying the file association cannot be made?
>
> Out of interest, in Control Panel - All Control Panel items - Default
> programs if you change the "Set associations" to Word for docx does "Set
> default programs" have the same thing for Word, or is it still Wordpad?
>
> Another thought. Are you making the change as an administrator, or under
> a standard account?
>
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> Jeff
In control panel, default programs > set default programs > set program
associations docx is associated with Word.
Word isn't listed under programs but WordPad is, if I select WordPad it says
it is associated with 0 out of 4 extensions. If I select "set associations
for this program" docx is in this list and is shown as associated with Word.
Disregard the previous info, as I typed this it dawned on me that the
association was different than it had been before so I tried the open on an
attachment and it opened in Word. I guess I needed to reboot after changes
for the registry to utilize the new info. Just to be safe I went back into
Admin, opened the program you gave me a link to and found the association
was still Word.
One other thing, I don't know how significant this is, but I couldn't rename
or move WordPad from it's native folder. If I tried to rename WordPad it
just ignored the change, if I tried to rename the exe to tmp I got an error
message saying I needed permission from the Trusted Installer, even when I
was in Admin.
Anyway, all is good now and I thank you for your help.
Dave