Re: Open Multiple Word 2003 Files From My Computer

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From: Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] (MillyS_at_donteventhinkaboutmailingmemvps.org)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:25:11 -0700

I am unable to reproduce this behavior. When I use the right click context
menu to open 5 Word files, it works.

If you try to open other types of files using the right click, does it work?

Have you tried a Detect and Repair in any Office program? Help->Detect and
Repair.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Diamonds_Mine
asked:

| Multiple files -- for instance Document1.doc, Document2.doc and
| Document
| 3.doc -- selecting all 3, right-clicking and choosing "Open", nothing
| happens -- no error messages either.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Multiple files or multiple windows?
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
|| After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer,
|| Diamonds_Mine asked:
||
||| When selecting multiple Word files in My Computer or Explore,
||| right-clicking and selecting "Open", nothing happens, but I can
||| right-click on one file and it will launch Word and open. Any ideas
||| how to get multiple files to open?

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