For the past few months I can no longer double click on a Word file (not
matter where it's stored or what it is) unless I first open up Word itself.
I get an error message (see below).
When I first purchased and download Office 2007 in 2006 there was no problem
opening up Word files with a double click and it's been that way up until a
few months ago. Opening Excel files has always and now works just fine.
Here's the error message: "Windows cannot find the file C:\Users\Paul
Calcagno\App Data\local\Microsoft\filename. Make sure you typed the name
correctly, and then try again". Doesn't matter what `filename' is.
Can someone please enlighten me as to what I should be doing to stop this.
Perhaps some MS Update for Office has caused this issue. Thanks so much in
advance for your help........................Paul C.
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What follows are the directions obtained by opening the link supplied by Jay
Freedman:
In some situations, the above (selecting what program to use to open Word
files) will not fix the problem, which is attributable to a registry entry
associated with the particular document type. Should that occur:
From the Windows Start Menu > Run command, type Regedit to open the registry
editor.
Let's consider the two most likely document types - Word document (doc) and
Word 2007 document (docx) and the relevant registry entries which are:
Word 97-2003 doc format
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\Open
Word 2007 docx format
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.12\shell\Open
In both cases the ddexec sub key will have a value of
[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen("%1")]
and the command sub key will have a value of
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE" /n /dde %1
It is the %1 at the end of the command sub key that is the problem. Either
edit the key to remove the 1% or surround it with quotes thus
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE" /n /dde
or
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE" /n /dde "%1"
I just checked all this out and determined that my registry command lines
are correct (there's no `%1' at the end of the strings) so that's not the
problem.
Thanks anyway for that suggestion. Got any other
ideas?....................Paul C.
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It's still possble that the problem isn't in the registry; we've heard
(although I've never experienced it personally) that some third-party
software such as antivirus programs can cause similar problems.
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I 'm currently using CA Associates from Road Runner. I've been using that
Security Suite for 5 years now and I think it's great. I've never had any
spyware or virus affect this computer in the 5 years I've had it. My Word
opening issue only started a few months ago. Of course CA program updates
and new virus definitions could still be part of the problem I'm having work
opening Word files with a double click.
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Got any other ideas.............Paul C.
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