right click desktop no new word

[Bill]

Hi.
I've just done a factory restore of Vista H P and re-installed my apps,
including MS Office 2007. But when I right click the desktop and choose
'new' I don't see a Word document as one of the options. Excel. Access,
Publisher etc are there but not the one I need most often - and which i had
before the restore. Anyone have any ideas on getting it back????
TIA.
Bill

 

[Bill]

Thanks for that but the following message comes up when I try to merge:

Cannot import C:\Desktop\Newdocx.reg: the specified file is not a registry
script. You can only import binary registry files from within the registry
editor.

Looking in the registry at
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\Word.Document.12\ShellNew], "NullFile" displays
REG_SZ under Type and the value column is blank. Should I delete REG_SZ ??

Hi.
I've just done a factory restore of Vista H P and re-installed my apps,
including MS Office 2007. But when I right click the desktop and choose
'new' I don't see a Word document as one of the options. Excel. Access,
Publisher etc are there but not the one I need most often - and which i
had before the restore. Anyone have any ideas on getting it back????
TIA.
Bill

Copy and paste the reg file below into a blank text document.
Save it as NewDocx.reg ,right-click the reg file and select 'Merge'.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\Word.Document.12\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""

 

[Bill]

Is this a related issue? Looking at some of my reinstalled Word files, I
have a mix of files named under 'Type' as "Microsoft Office Word 97-2003
Document", (presumably .doc files) and later files named under 'Type' as
"DOCX File" but with an icon unlike any version of the Word icon; it looks
like a pale blue square within a grey bordered square, somewhat smaller than
the normal Word icon and opens as code, of which the following is a small
sample.

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I had to choose 'open with' and nominate Word as the default app to make the
Word icon reappear and the files open normally when clicked. I don't
remember having these problems last time I did a factory restore 2 or 3
years ago and wonder what has cause them this time?

Bill

Hi.
I've just done a factory restore of Vista H P and re-installed my apps,
including MS Office 2007. But when I right click the desktop and choose
'new' I don't see a Word document as one of the options. Excel. Access,
Publisher etc are there but not the one I need most often - and which i
had before the restore. Anyone have any ideas on getting it back????
TIA.
Bill

Copy and paste the reg file below into a blank text document.
Save it as NewDocx.reg ,right-click the reg file and select 'Merge'.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\Word.Document.12\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""

 

[Bill]

Office Diagnostics was run but found no problems. Is this a Vista home
Premium or Office problem do you think?

Bill

Thanks for that but the following message comes up when I try to merge:

Cannot import C:\Desktop\Newdocx.reg: the specified file is not a
registry script. You can only import binary registry files from within
the registry editor.

Looking in the registry at
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\Word.Document.12\ShellNew], "NullFile" displays
REG_SZ under Type and the value column is blank. Should I delete REG_SZ
??

It sounds like you missed off the ' Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 '
line.
But it doesn't matter as your .docx reg key looks the same as mine.
I've got ' NullFile REG_SZ (blank)

Have you tried the Office Diagnostics?
Start > Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Tools.