Can't Open Word 2002 Documents!!!

Hello all, and thank you for any assistance.

Facts:
I have Windows Vista (SP1) and Microsoft Office XP Professional 2002 (SP3).
Everything is updated and current.

After I downloaded SP1 for Vista, I have been unable to open (by clicking on
the icon) of .doc-s. I have tried to right click and "open with"... When I
try to assign WINWORD.EXE to .doc applications, it is not accepted. BUT, if
I open MSWord, and use File>Open, then the .doc-s open. So, basically, I
cannot open .doc icons by clicking on them.

I have also tried to go to Control Panel and Default Programs>Associate
Files Types... When I try to open with WINWORD, nothing happens.

I have also tried to reinstall Office 2002 and update to SP3.

Please help. This is really annoying!

Peter;657995 Wrote:
> Hello all, and thank you for any assistance.
>
> Facts:
> I have Windows Vista (SP1) and Microsoft Office XP Professional 2002
> (SP3).
> Everything is updated and current.
>
> After I downloaded SP1 for Vista, I have been unable to open (by
> clicking on
> the icon) of .doc-s. I have tried to right click and "open with"...
> When I
> try to assign WINWORD.EXE to .doc applications, it is not accepted.
> BUT, if
> I open MSWord, and use File>Open, then the .doc-s open. So, basically,
> I
> cannot open .doc icons by clicking on them.
>
> I have also tried to go to Control Panel and Default Programs>Associate
> Files Types... When I try to open with WINWORD, nothing happens.
>
> I have also tried to reinstall Office 2002 and update to SP3.
>
> Please help. This is really annoying!

Dude, go buy Word 2007.


--
KingOfChaos

That was helpful! I see Word 2007 has huge problems too. Everything was
working fine until I downloaded SP1 for Vista.

"KingOfChaos" wrote:

>
> Peter;657995 Wrote:
> > Hello all, and thank you for any assistance.
> >
> > Facts:
> > I have Windows Vista (SP1) and Microsoft Office XP Professional 2002
> > (SP3).
> > Everything is updated and current.
> >
> > After I downloaded SP1 for Vista, I have been unable to open (by
> > clicking on
> > the icon) of .doc-s. I have tried to right click and "open with"...
> > When I
> > try to assign WINWORD.EXE to .doc applications, it is not accepted.
> > BUT, if
> > I open MSWord, and use File>Open, then the .doc-s open. So, basically,
> > I
> > cannot open .doc icons by clicking on them.
> >
> > I have also tried to go to Control Panel and Default Programs>Associate
> > Files Types... When I try to open with WINWORD, nothing happens.
> >
> > I have also tried to reinstall Office 2002 and update to SP3.
> >
> > Please help. This is really annoying!
>
> Dude, go buy Word 2007.
>
>
> --
> KingOfChaos
>

Peter wrote:
> That was helpful! I see Word 2007 has huge problems too.

No it doesn't.

Everything was
> working fine until I downloaded SP1 for Vista.

Try Office repair.
Frank.

Frank, tried that already. Didn't work.

"Frank" wrote:

> Peter wrote:
> > That was helpful! I see Word 2007 has huge problems too.
>
> No it doesn't.
>
> Everything was
> > working fine until I downloaded SP1 for Vista.
>
> Try Office repair.
> Frank.
>

I have Word 2007 and SP1 installed on this computer along with Adob
Acrobat Standard 8 and everything works just like it did before SP1 wa
installed. You cannot expect a program written for Windows 98/Window
2000 to continue working forever

--
KingOfChaos

Well, it's just that mindset that continues to gives corps. like Microsoft
the green light to tell us to download updates w/o warning us of their
detriments, and not having the proper solution.

My issue is not isolated, per a generic google search. Unfortunately, there
seems to be no real solution.


"KingOfChaos" wrote:

>
> I have Word 2007 and SP1 installed on this computer along with Adobe
> Acrobat Standard 8 and everything works just like it did before SP1 was
> installed. You cannot expect a program written for Windows 98/Windows
> 2000 to continue working forever.
>
>
> --
> KingOfChaos
>

OpenOffice, http:/www.openoffice.org

"Peter" <> wrote in message
news6E855AD-3CA3-401D-A857-...
> Hello all, and thank you for any assistance.
>
> Facts:
> I have Windows Vista (SP1) and Microsoft Office XP Professional 2002
> (SP3).
> Everything is updated and current.
>
> After I downloaded SP1 for Vista, I have been unable to open (by clicking
> on
> the icon) of .doc-s. I have tried to right click and "open with"... When I
> try to assign WINWORD.EXE to .doc applications, it is not accepted. BUT,
> if
> I open MSWord, and use File>Open, then the .doc-s open. So, basically, I
> cannot open .doc icons by clicking on them.
>
> I have also tried to go to Control Panel and Default Programs>Associate
> Files Types... When I try to open with WINWORD, nothing happens.
>
> I have also tried to reinstall Office 2002 and update to SP3.
>
> Please help. This is really annoying!
>
>

Office XP is seven years old and was designed for 98/ME, you cannot expect
this to run under vista!!
get open office ( Novell has a special free version which supports macros
and docx ) or buy Office 07.

bye
Olaf


"Peter" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news6E855AD-3CA3-401D-A857-...
> Hello all, and thank you for any assistance.
>
> Facts:
> I have Windows Vista (SP1) and Microsoft Office XP Professional 2002
> (SP3).
> Everything is updated and current.
>
> After I downloaded SP1 for Vista, I have been unable to open (by clicking
> on
> the icon) of .doc-s. I have tried to right click and "open with"... When I
> try to assign WINWORD.EXE to .doc applications, it is not accepted. BUT,
> if
> I open MSWord, and use File>Open, then the .doc-s open. So, basically, I
> cannot open .doc icons by clicking on them.
>
> I have also tried to go to Control Panel and Default Programs>Associate
> Files Types... When I try to open with WINWORD, nothing happens.
>
> I have also tried to reinstall Office 2002 and update to SP3.
>
> Please help. This is really annoying!
>
>

Peter wrote:
> Well, it's just that mindset that continues to gives corps. like Microsoft
> the green light to tell us to download updates w/o warning us of their
> detriments, and not having the proper solution.
>
> My issue is not isolated, per a generic google search. Unfortunately, there
> seems to be no real solution.
>
>
> "KingOfChaos" wrote:
>
>
>>I have Word 2007 and SP1 installed on this computer along with Adobe
>>Acrobat Standard 8 and everything works just like it did before SP1 was
>>installed. You cannot expect a program written for Windows 98/Windows
>>2000 to continue working forever.
>>
>>
>>--
>>KingOfChaos
>>
Then uninstall, delete temps folder and reinstall using compat mode.
Frank