Can't Open Word 2002 Documents!!!

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Peter

Hello all, and thank you for any assistance.

Facts:
I have Windows Vista (SP1) and Microsoft Office XP Professional 2002 (SP3).
Everything is updated and current.

After I downloaded SP1 for Vista, I have been unable to open (by clicking on
the icon) of .doc-s. I have tried to right click and "open with"... When I
try to assign WINWORD.EXE to .doc applications, it is not accepted. BUT, if
I open MSWord, and use File>Open, then the .doc-s open. So, basically, I
cannot open .doc icons by clicking on them.

I have also tried to go to Control Panel and Default Programs>Associate
Files Types... When I try to open with WINWORD, nothing happens.

I have also tried to reinstall Office 2002 and update to SP3.

Please help. This is really annoying!
 
That was helpful! I see Word 2007 has huge problems too. Everything was
working fine until I downloaded SP1 for Vista.
 
Well, it's just that mindset that continues to gives corps. like Microsoft
the green light to tell us to download updates w/o warning us of their
detriments, and not having the proper solution.

My issue is not isolated, per a generic google search. Unfortunately, there
seems to be no real solution.
 
Office XP is seven years old and was designed for 98/ME, you cannot expect
this to run under vista!!
get open office ( Novell has a special free version which supports macros
and docx ) or buy Office 07.

bye
Olaf
 
Peter said:
Well, it's just that mindset that continues to gives corps. like Microsoft
the green light to tell us to download updates w/o warning us of their
detriments, and not having the proper solution.

My issue is not isolated, per a generic google search. Unfortunately, there
seems to be no real solution.


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Click to expand...
Then uninstall, delete temps folder and reinstall using compat mode.
Frank
 
Registering WINWORD.EXE using the "OpenWithAdd" utility.
[OpenWithAdd] http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm

This should fix the problem.

Regarding the Office XP and Vista compatibility, this article describes the versions of Microsoft Office that are supported on Windows Vista.

Description of the versions of Office that are supported on Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087

<excerpt>

Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2003, and the 2007 Microsoft Office suites are all supported on Windows Vista. The 2007 Office suites were extensively tested on Windows Vista for best compatibility.

</excerpt>

Hope that clears any confusion on the compatibility part.

--
Regards,

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


Well, it's just that mindset that continues to gives corps. like Microsoft
the green light to tell us to download updates w/o warning us of their
detriments, and not having the proper solution.

My issue is not isolated, per a generic google search. Unfortunately, there
seems to be no real solution.
 
Ramesh, thank you! It worked. You're a genius. Have a good weekend.

Ramesh said:
Registering WINWORD.EXE using the "OpenWithAdd" utility.
[OpenWithAdd] http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm

This should fix the problem.

Regarding the Office XP and Vista compatibility, this article describes the versions of Microsoft Office that are supported on Windows Vista.

Description of the versions of Office that are supported on Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087

<excerpt>

Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2003, and the 2007 Microsoft Office suites are all supported on Windows Vista. The 2007 Office suites were extensively tested on Windows Vista for best compatibility.

</excerpt>

Hope that clears any confusion on the compatibility part.

--
Regards,

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


Well, it's just that mindset that continues to gives corps. like Microsoft
the green light to tell us to download updates w/o warning us of their
detriments, and not having the proper solution.

My issue is not isolated, per a generic google search. Unfortunately, there
seems to be no real solution.
Click to expand...
 
Canuck57, I already have it. But, I'm a lawyer who red_lines on a daily
basis. Word is standard for my practice. I don't have the time to check
each time I save a doc to ensure formatting stays the same...
 
You're welcome Peter.

--
Regards,

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


Ramesh, thank you! It worked. You're a genius. Have a good weekend.

Ramesh said:
Registering WINWORD.EXE using the "OpenWithAdd" utility.
[OpenWithAdd] http://windowsxp.mvps.org/openwithadd.htm

This should fix the problem.

Regarding the Office XP and Vista compatibility, this article describes the versions of Microsoft Office that are supported on Windows Vista.

Description of the versions of Office that are supported on Windows Vista:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932087

<excerpt>

Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2003, and the 2007 Microsoft Office suites are all supported on Windows Vista. The 2007 Office suites were extensively tested on Windows Vista for best compatibility.

</excerpt>

Hope that clears any confusion on the compatibility part.

--
Regards,

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


Well, it's just that mindset that continues to gives corps. like Microsoft
the green light to tell us to download updates w/o warning us of their
detriments, and not having the proper solution.

My issue is not isolated, per a generic google search. Unfortunately, there
seems to be no real solution.
Click to expand...
 
Maybe the doc files are damaged or something.

Open word, click file&gt;open, in the types of file box change it to Recover Text From Any File & navigate to the file & try to open it.

If the file opens you may get a lot of diverse symbols, delete them & you may be able to recover some of the document.

If this still doesn't work, you may need to try some software. You can try a utility called Advanced Word Repair to repair your Word document. It works rather well for my damaged Word documents. Its web address is http://www.datanumen.com/awr/ But it is not free, so you can have a try when there is no better choice.
 
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