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Old 06-13-2008   #1 (permalink)
rodney
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Opening Word files from Desktop in Vista Home Premium
After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through desktop
Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any difficulty from
there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before sp1 but
this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
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Old 06-13-2008   #2 (permalink)
Ramesh, MS-MVP
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Re: Opening Word files from Desktop in Vista Home Premium
Hi rodney,

Which version of Word you're using?
What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx files?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:10323084-4EC1-4CA8-A768-64EAEBD79D4C@xxxxxx
Quote:

> After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through desktop
> Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any difficulty
> from
> there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before sp1
> but
> this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.

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Old 06-13-2008   #3 (permalink)
rodney
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Re: Opening Word files from Desktop in Vista Home Premium


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
Quote:

> Hi rodney,
>
> Which version of Word you're using?
> What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx files?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:10323084-4EC1-4CA8-A768-64EAEBD79D4C@xxxxxx
Quote:

> > After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through desktop
> > Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any difficulty
> > from
> > there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before sp1
> > but
> > this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
>
>
> Thanks folks. I use MS Office 2000 premium SR-1. The message I get when trying to open files from Documents on Desktop is, "Windows cannot find C:\.........doc. Make sure oyu typed the name correctly, and then try again." Rod
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Old 06-15-2008   #4 (permalink)
Ramesh, MS-MVP
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Re: Opening Word files from Desktop in Vista Home Premium
Does repairing Winword help? If not, inspect the .DOC file association
settings.

1. Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

2. Unzip the utility and extract the files to Desktop.
3. Double-click "FileExtInfo.exe" to run it.
4. Select .DOC file type from the list box
5. Click "View file association report"
6. Copy the contents of the report and include it in your reply.


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6F5327D0-BF29-4240-BEDA-390400CFBE30@xxxxxx
Quote:

>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> Hi rodney,
>>
>> Which version of Word you're using?
>> What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx files?
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
>>
>> "rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:10323084-4EC1-4CA8-A768-64EAEBD79D4C@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> > After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through desktop
>> > Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any difficulty
>> > from
>> > there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before
>> > sp1
>> > but
>> > this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
>>
>>
>> Thanks folks. I use MS Office 2000 premium SR-1. The message I get when
>> trying to open files from Documents on Desktop is, "Windows cannot find
>> C:\.........doc. Make sure oyu typed the name correctly, and then try
>> again." Rod

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Old 06-17-2008   #5 (permalink)
rodney
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Re: Opening Word files from Desktop in Vista Home Premium
Thanks Ramesh Repair didn't work. I got down to View file association
report, but it doesn't let me copy, only paste, so I don't know how I can
copy the contents to you. Is there a simple way to do this that I haven't
noticed.
Rod

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
Quote:

> Does repairing Winword help? If not, inspect the .DOC file association
> settings.
>
> 1. Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
>
> 2. Unzip the utility and extract the files to Desktop.
> 3. Double-click "FileExtInfo.exe" to run it.
> 4. Select .DOC file type from the list box
> 5. Click "View file association report"
> 6. Copy the contents of the report and include it in your reply.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:6F5327D0-BF29-4240-BEDA-390400CFBE30@xxxxxx
Quote:

> >
> >
> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >
Quote:

> >> Hi rodney,
> >>
> >> Which version of Word you're using?
> >> What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx files?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> >> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> >> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
> >>
> >>
> >> "rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:10323084-4EC1-4CA8-A768-64EAEBD79D4C@xxxxxx
> >> > After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through desktop
> >> > Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any difficulty
> >> > from
> >> > there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before
> >> > sp1
> >> > but
> >> > this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks folks. I use MS Office 2000 premium SR-1. The message I get when
> >> trying to open files from Documents on Desktop is, "Windows cannot find
> >> C:\.........doc. Make sure oyu typed the name correctly, and then try
> >> again." Rod
>
>
>
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Old 06-18-2008   #6 (permalink)
Ramesh, MS-MVP
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Re: Opening Word files from Desktop in Vista Home Premium
Open the TXT file using Notepad. Press CTRL-A to Select all the contents,
and press CTRL-C to copy to clipboard.

Switch to your mail client/web based reader, and press CTRL-V to paste the
contents.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:990AF71B-A736-4391-9B6B-04196A8E239A@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Thanks Ramesh Repair didn't work. I got down to View file association
> report, but it doesn't let me copy, only paste, so I don't know how I can
> copy the contents to you. Is there a simple way to do this that I haven't
> noticed.
> Rod
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> Does repairing Winword help? If not, inspect the .DOC file association
>> settings.
>>
>> 1. Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
>>
>> 2. Unzip the utility and extract the files to Desktop.
>> 3. Double-click "FileExtInfo.exe" to run it.
>> 4. Select .DOC file type from the list box
>> 5. Click "View file association report"
>> 6. Copy the contents of the report and include it in your reply.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
>>
>> "rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:6F5327D0-BF29-4240-BEDA-390400CFBE30@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> >
>> >
>> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi rodney,
>> >>
>> >> Which version of Word you're using?
>> >> What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx files?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>> >> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>> >> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:10323084-4EC1-4CA8-A768-64EAEBD79D4C@xxxxxx
>> >> > After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through
>> >> > desktop
>> >> > Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any
>> >> > difficulty
>> >> > from
>> >> > there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before
>> >> > sp1
>> >> > but
>> >> > this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks folks. I use MS Office 2000 premium SR-1. The message I get
>> >> when
>> >> trying to open files from Documents on Desktop is, "Windows cannot
>> >> find
>> >> C:\.........doc. Make sure oyu typed the name correctly, and then try
>> >> again." Rod
>>
>>
>>

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Old 06-18-2008   #7 (permalink)
rodney
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Re: Opening Word files from Desktop in Vista Home Premium
Thanks for the instructions. I hope the following is what you are looking for.
Rod
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
File association information for [.DOC] file type
Generated by FileExtInfo v2.0 on 18/06/2008 16:00:48

FileExtInfo © 2005-2007 Ramesh Srinivasan.
Homepage: http://www.winhelponline.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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@="C:\\Windows\\Installer\\{00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}\\wordicon.exe,1"

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@=""

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@="&Print"

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"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
Quote:

> Open the TXT file using Notepad. Press CTRL-A to Select all the contents,
> and press CTRL-C to copy to clipboard.
>
> Switch to your mail client/web based reader, and press CTRL-V to paste the
> contents.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:990AF71B-A736-4391-9B6B-04196A8E239A@xxxxxx
Quote:

> > Thanks Ramesh Repair didn't work. I got down to View file association
> > report, but it doesn't let me copy, only paste, so I don't know how I can
> > copy the contents to you. Is there a simple way to do this that I haven't
> > noticed.
> > Rod
> >
> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >
Quote:

> >> Does repairing Winword help? If not, inspect the .DOC file association
> >> settings.
> >>
> >> 1. Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
> >> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm
> >>
> >> 2. Unzip the utility and extract the files to Desktop.
> >> 3. Double-click "FileExtInfo.exe" to run it.
> >> 4. Select .DOC file type from the list box
> >> 5. Click "View file association report"
> >> 6. Copy the contents of the report and include it in your reply.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> >> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> >> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
> >>
> >>
> >> "rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:6F5327D0-BF29-4240-BEDA-390400CFBE30@xxxxxx
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi rodney,
> >> >>
> >> >> Which version of Word you're using?
> >> >> What's the error message you're getting when opening .doc/.docx files?
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Regards,
> >> >>
> >> >> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> >> >> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
> >> >> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> >> news:10323084-4EC1-4CA8-A768-64EAEBD79D4C@xxxxxx
> >> >> > After Vista Home Premium SP1 I cannot open Word files through
> >> >> > desktop
> >> >> > Documents. If I open Word I can bring up files without any
> >> >> > difficulty
> >> >> > from
> >> >> > there. Also can't open attachments on Windows Mail. Was ok before
> >> >> > sp1
> >> >> > but
> >> >> > this may be coincidence. Any advice? Rod.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks folks. I use MS Office 2000 premium SR-1. The message I get
> >> >> when
> >> >> trying to open files from Documents on Desktop is, "Windows cannot
> >> >> find
> >> >> C:\.........doc. Make sure oyu typed the name correctly, and then try
> >> >> again." Rod
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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Old 06-20-2008   #8 (permalink)
Ramesh, MS-MVP
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Re: Opening Word files from Desktop in Vista Home Premium
Hi Rodney,

My guess is that the DDE is not working (some app is blocking it)

Click Start, type "regedit.exe" and press ENTER:

Backup the following key and delete it.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\ddeexec]

Go to the following key:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\command]

Then set the (default) value to:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\WINWORD.EXE" /n "%1"

Exit the Registry Editor.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com


"rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A6446665-562B-4C09-A640-D79E4093870F@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Thanks for the instructions. I hope the following is what you are looking
> for.
> Rod
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> File association information for [.DOC] file type
> Generated by FileExtInfo v2.0 on 18/06/2008 16:00:48
>
> FileExtInfo © 2005-2007 Ramesh Srinivasan.
> Homepage: http://www.winhelponline.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC]
> "Content Type"="application/msword"
> @="Word.Document.8"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\OpenWithProgIDs]
> "opendocument.WriterDocument.1"=" "
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\PersistentHandler]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\Word.Document.8]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\Word.Document.8\ShellNew]
> "FileName"="winword8.doc"
>
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8]
> @="Microsoft Word Document"
> "EditFlags"=hex:00,00,01,00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\AppRegistry]
> @="\\Software\\Microsoft\\Office\\9.0\\Word"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\CLSID]
> @="{00020906-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\DefaultIcon]
> @="C:\\Windows\\Installer\\{00000409-78E1-11D2-B60F-006097C998E7}\\wordicon.exe,1"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\DocObject]
> @=""
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML Handler]
> @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\msohtmed.exe\" %1"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML Handler\shell]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML Handler\shell\edit]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\HTML Handler\shell\edit\command]
> @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\msohtmed.exe\" /o0 %1"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\Insertable]
> @=""
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol]
> @=""
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing]
> @=""
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing\RequestDataFormats]
> @="NoteshNote,NotesDocAction"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing\server]
> @="C:\\PROGRA~1\\MICROS~3\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing\SetDataFormats]
> @="NotesDocInfo"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing\Verb]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\protocol\StdFileEditing\Verb\0]
> @="Edit"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell]
> @="Open"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New]
> @="&New"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New\command]
> @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n"
> "command"=hex(7):31,00,30,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,67,00,78,00,73,00,66,00,28,00,\
>
> 4e,00,67,00,5d,00,71,00,46,00,60,00,48,00,7b,00,4c,00,73,00,57,00,4f,00,52,\
>
> 00,44,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,6c,00,6c,00,54,00,5d,00,6a,00,\
>
> 49,00,7b,00,6a,00,66,00,28,00,3d,00,31,00,26,00,4c,00,5b,00,2d,00,38,00,31,\
> 00,2d,00,5d,00,20,00,2f,00,6e,00,00,00,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New\ddeexec]
> @="[REM _DDE_Direct][FileNew(\"%1\")]"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New\ddeexec\Application]
> @="WinWord"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\New\ddeexec\Topic]
> @="System"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open]
> @="&Open"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\command]
> @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n"
> "command"=hex(7):31,00,30,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,67,00,78,00,73,00,66,00,28,00,\
>
> 4e,00,67,00,5d,00,71,00,46,00,60,00,48,00,7b,00,4c,00,73,00,57,00,4f,00,52,\
>
> 00,44,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,6c,00,6c,00,54,00,5d,00,6a,00,\
>
> 49,00,7b,00,6a,00,66,00,28,00,3d,00,31,00,26,00,4c,00,5b,00,2d,00,38,00,31,\
> 00,2d,00,5d,00,20,00,2f,00,6e,00,00,00,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\ddeexec]
> @="[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen(\"%1\")]"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\ddeexec\Application]
> @="WinWord"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open\ddeexec\Topic]
> @="System"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print]
> @="&Print"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\command]
> @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE\" /x /n"
> "command"=hex(7):31,00,30,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,67,00,78,00,73,00,66,00,28,00,\
>
> 4e,00,67,00,5d,00,71,00,46,00,60,00,48,00,7b,00,4c,00,73,00,57,00,4f,00,52,\
>
> 00,44,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,6c,00,6c,00,54,00,5d,00,6a,00,\
>
> 49,00,7b,00,6a,00,66,00,28,00,3d,00,31,00,26,00,4c,00,5b,00,2d,00,38,00,31,\
> 00,2d,00,5d,00,20,00,2f,00,78,00,20,00,2f,00,6e,00,00,00,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec]
> @="[REM _DDE_Minimize][FileOpen(\"%1\")][t=IsDocumentDirty()][FilePrint
> 0][SetDocumentDirty t][DocClose]"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec\Application]
> @="WinWord"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec\ifexec]
> @="[FileOpen(\"%1\")][FilePrint 0][FileExit 2]"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Print\ddeexec\Topic]
> @="System"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\command]
> @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n"
> "command"=hex(7):31,00,30,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,67,00,78,00,73,00,66,00,28,00,\
>
> 4e,00,67,00,5d,00,71,00,46,00,60,00,48,00,7b,00,4c,00,73,00,57,00,4f,00,52,\
>
> 00,44,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,6c,00,6c,00,54,00,5d,00,6a,00,\
>
> 49,00,7b,00,6a,00,66,00,28,00,3d,00,31,00,26,00,4c,00,5b,00,2d,00,38,00,31,\
> 00,2d,00,5d,00,20,00,2f,00,6e,00,00,00,00,00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec]
> @="[REM _DDE_Minimize][FileOpen(\"%1\")][FilePrintSetup \"%2 on
> p\",.DoNotSetAsSysDefault=1][FilePrint 0][DocClose 2][FilePrintSetup
> \"\"]"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec\Application]
> @="WinWord"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec\ifexec]
> @="[FileOpen(\"%1\")][FilePrintSetup \"%2 on
> p\",.DoNotSetAsSysDefault=1][FilePrint 0][FileExit 2]"
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Printto\ddeexec\Topic]
> @="System"
>
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC]
> "ExtendedTileInfo"="prop:System.ItemType;System.Size;System.DateModified;System.Author;System.OfflineAvailability"
> "FullDetails"="prop:System.PropGroup.Description;System.Title;System.Subject;System.Keywords;System.Category;System.Comment;System.PropGroup.Origin;System.Author;System.Document.LastAuthor;System.Document.RevisionNumber;System.Document.Version;System.ApplicationName;System.Company;System.Document.Manager;System.Document.DateCreated;System.Document.DateSaved;System.Document.DatePrinted;System.Document.TotalEditingTime;System.PropGroup.Content;System.ContentStatus;System.ContentType;System.Document.PageCount;System.Document.WordCount;System.Document.CharacterCount;System.Document.LineCount;System.Document.ParagraphCount;System.Document.Template;System.Document.Scale;System.Document.LinksDirty;System.Language;System.PropGroup.FileSystem;System.ItemNameDisplay;System.ItemType;System.ItemFolderPathDisplay;System.DateCreated;System.DateModified;System.Size;System.FileAttributes;System.OfflineAvailability;System.OfflineStatus;System.SharedWith;System.FileOwner;System.ComputerName"
> "InfoTip"="prop:System.ItemType;System.Size;System.DateModified;System.Document.PageCount"
> "PerceivedType"="document"
> "PreviewDetails"="prop:*System.DateModified;System.Author;System.Keywords;*System.Size;System.Title;System.Comment;System.Category;*System.Document.PageCount;System.ContentStatus;System.ContentType;*System.OfflineAvailability;*System.OfflineStatus;System.Subject;*System.DateCreated;*System.SharedWith"
> "ThumbnailCutoff"=dword:00000000
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shellex]
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shellex\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
> @="{9DBD2C50-62AD-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"
>
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC]
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC\OpenWithList]
> "a"="WINWORD.EXE"
> "MRUList"="aebgfdc"
> "b"="WinMail.exe"
> "c"="TRIAL1~1.EXE"
> "d"="Trial123FileConvert.exe"
> "e"="PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe"
> "f"="AcroRd32.exe"
> "g"="QuickPdfToWord.exe"
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC\OpenWithProgids]
> "Word.Document.8"=hex(0):
>
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> Open the TXT file using Notepad. Press CTRL-A to Select all the contents,
>> and press CTRL-C to copy to clipboard.
>>
>> Switch to your mail client/web based reader, and press CTRL-V to paste
>> the
>> contents.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
>> The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog
>> Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com
>>
>>
>> "rodney" <rodney@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:990AF71B-A736-4391-9B6B-04196A8E239A@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> > Thanks Ramesh Repair didn't work. I got down to View file association
>> > report, but it doesn't let me copy, only paste, so I don't know how I
>> > can
>> > copy the contents to you. Is there a simple way to do this that I
>> > haven't
>> > noticed.
>> > Rod
>> >
>> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Does repairing Winword help? If not, inspect the .DOC file association
>> >> settings.
>> >>
>> >> 1. Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
>>