I have vista home premium when i try and open word docs from the internet or outlook they show as notepad. When i right click to open in a different format i do not get word as an option. does anyone know how to solve this?
Unable to view word documents
- Thread starter carabif
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Have you got the office package installed?
Check your file associations.
Check your file associations.
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- I5 3570K
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- Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
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yes i have got office iinstalled. have no probelm opening documents in word if i save them from another pc onto a memory stick. when opening this way when i right click i do get the prompt to open as a word doc but not when i try and do it direct form my own pc.
My Computer
Check your file associations. You need to associate .doc files to word.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Self Built
- CPU
- I5 3570K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
- Memory
- 4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
- Graphics card(s)
- Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
- Sound Card
- creative x-fi
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
- Screen Resolution
- Both 1680 x 1050
- Hard Drives
- 2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
- PSU
- Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
- Case
- Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
- Cooling
- 3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
- Mouse
- Technika TKOPTM2
- Keyboard
- Logik
- Internet Speed
- 288 / 4000
- Other Info
- Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers Trust Graphics Tablet
z3r010
Staff member
This tutorial might help:- http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69758-default-programs.html
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System One System Two
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- Windows 11 Workstation
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- doofenshmirtz evil incorporated
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- Ryzen 9 5950X
- Motherboard
- Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
- Memory
- Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4
- Graphics card(s)
- ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB ROG Strix LC OC
- Sound Card
- Creative
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 3 x27" Dell U2724D & 1 x 34" Dell U3415W
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
- PSU
- 1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT
- Cooling
- Enermax Liqtech 240
- Mouse
- Logitech Performance MX
- Keyboard
- Surface Ergonomic.
- Internet Speed
- 350 Mb/s
- Other Info
- WinTV NovaTD HP CP1515n Color Laser Sony BD-5300S-0B Blu-ray Writer Microsoft LifeCam Cinema APC 750i Smart UPS
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- Operating System
- windows 10
- Manufacturer/Model
- Surface Pro 3
- CPU
- 1.9GHz Intel Core i5-4300U (dual-core, 3MB cache, up to 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost)
- Memory
- 4GB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 12" Multi Touch
- Screen Resolution
- 2160 x 144
- Hard Drives
- 128GB
- Mouse
- Logitech
- Keyboard
- yes
- Internet Speed
- 350 Mb/s
sorry for the dealy been away. i am not techie how do i check this and do it?