ok,

well that is a good sign
because now those particular
files are no longer accessible
by that "odd" program.

so now you can re program
the files to open with the
correct program.

-------------------------

what you can do is
to open the explorer

find any file with the
extensions you mentioned

then right click on the
file

select "open with"

and assigned/associate
a program to that file type.

also look for the check
box that indicates "always"
use the program for that
file.

incidentally, I would manually
find the program to assign the
file types,

instead of choosing it from
the listing.

this way you can be absolutely
positive that the correct program
is assigned to the file.

the problem may be that if
you select the program from
the convenient listing,

it too may be linked to the
undesired program, which
will revert you back to square
one with the problem.


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"halo_quebec" <haloquebec@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> i can't find the files type in my explorer... i'm using vista, and there
> is
> no file type tab... is there another way to find it?
>
> "db" wrote:
>
>> if you deleted the
>> doc key, then it is
>> not weird that the
>> doc files don't open
>> when you click on
>> them.
>>
>> that was the point
>> of deleting the file
>> association.
>>
>> now, go into the
>> file types via the
>> explorer.
>>
>> if you scroll down
>> the listing of extensions,
>> there shouldn't be
>> one for doc
>>
>> because you deleted
>> in the registry.
>>
>> so now re-create
>> the doc extension
>> in file types.
>>
>> be sure to create
>> a new extension
>> and name it:
>>
>> .doc
>>
>> you can use the
>> extension for docx
>> as an example.
>>
>> after you make the
>> new doc extension,
>>
>> then go into the advance
>> settings and create
>> a new action named:
>>
>> &open
>>
>> then edit/program
>> the new action command
>> with the data that I
>> sent to you.
>>
>> I don't remember if
>> you said you had
>> office 2003 or 2007.
>>
>> but this is the place
>> where you will link
>> the open command
>> to your winword.exe.
>>
>> then save/close and
>> test the opening of
>> doc files by clicking
>> on them.
>>
>> if you did the above
>> correctly, when you
>> click on a .doc file,
>>
>> it will open winword.exe
>> and the file should too.
>>
>> --
>>
>> db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
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>> - Systems Analyst
>> - Database Developer
>> - Accountancy
>> - Veteran of the Armed Forces
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