Re: my computer is saving all word documents to word pad

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repeating from posts:

from "wordwriter":
I had a problem with my hard drive. It was repaored but now all word
documents are saved as a word pad document. I direct the document to be
saved as a word document, but it gets converted. How do I stop this?

from David Boswell:
your (Barnhill) response addressed existing documents - our problem is
creating wordpad document when using WORD and choosing "WORD document" as
file type.
Also the fix referred to "winword /r" - I got a "not found"

we are using Microsoft WORD to create a Microsoft WORD document!! But the
document is being created as a wordpad document - I have reinstalled WORD
twice!! We definetly are using WORD - please re-read the original posts if
this is not clear.

"Anne Troy" wrote:

> I cannot determine from what you've said whether you're trying to use Word
> or WordPad to create Word documents. It also sounds to me like they didn't
> reinstall Word when your hard drive was repaired--if you ever had Word at
> all.
> ************
> Anne Troy
> www.OfficeArticles.com
>
> "David Boswell" <David Boswell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:45E82006-BCCF-4BAA-9282-1C47CB25F684@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > your response addressed existing documents - our problem is creating
> > wordpad
> > document when using WORD and choosing "WORD document" as file type. Also
> > the
> > fix referred to "winword /r" - I got a "not found"
> >
> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> >
> >> I suspect it's not converted, just being displayed with a WordPad icon.
> >> For
> >> one way to correct this problem, see
> >> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm
> >>
> >> --
> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> >> Words into Type
> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> >> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
> >> so
> >> all may benefit.
> >>
> >> "wordwriter" <wordwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:F88C3FF9-7943-446D-BEEE-91DE90CC048B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > I had a problem with my hard drive. It was repaored but now all word
> >> > documents are saved as a word pad document. I direct the document to be
> >> saved
> >> > as a word document, but it gets converted. How do I stop this?
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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