Re: Renaming Word Doc

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From: Graham Mayor (gmayor_at_DELETECAPSmvps.org)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:34:21 +0100

The file association is determined by the filename extension, which
presumably you are not displaying? It is a good idea to know what your
filenames really are and so as a first step I would suggest you switch
Windows Explorer > tools > folder options > view - not to hide extensions of
known file types.

It seems that you have changed or deleted the extension during the rename.
Quite how you achieved this I am not sure, but displaying the extension
should confirm it. rename to add .doc and you should be back in business.

This is not normal behaviour and not specifically attributable to SP2. I
have been using SP2 since before it was on general release and it doesn't do
that here.

You could try re-registering Word - see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm, though frankly I
don't think this is the problem. 

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Jeff wrote:
> Dear Graham, If I rename a Word document my computer pops
> up a message saying changing the name might make it
> impossible for me to view the contents any more. When I
> do change the name the File Icon for Word is gone and I
> have to choose which program I want to open the file with
> which it usually does reopen with Word but doesn't re-
> establish the association with Word nor the Word icon. I
> assume this has somehting to do with Service pack 2 since
> I don't remember this happening before. Thanks. I hope
> that more clearly describes my dilemma.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> What *exactly* are you trying to do as your message
> makes no sense.
>>
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>> Graham Mayor -  Word MVP
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>> My web site www.gmayor.com
>> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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>> Jeff J wrote:
>>> Since downloading Service Pack 2, I can't rename a Word
>>> document without no longer being identified by my
>>> computer as a Word doc. How can I change this setting?
>>> Thanx.
>>
>>
>> .

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