right click desktop no new word

Hi.
I've just done a factory restore of Vista H P and re-installed my apps,
including MS Office 2007. But when I right click the desktop and choose
'new' I don't see a Word document as one of the options. Excel. Access,
Publisher etc are there but not the one I need most often - and which i had
before the restore. Anyone have any ideas on getting it back????
TIA.
Bill

Thanks for that but the following message comes up when I try to merge:

Cannot import C:\Desktop\Newdocx.reg: the specified file is not a registry
script. You can only import binary registry files from within the registry
editor.

Looking in the registry at
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\Word.Document.12\ShellNew], "NullFile" displays
REG_SZ under Type and the value column is blank. Should I delete REG_SZ ??



"Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
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> "Bill" <> wrote in message
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>> Hi.
>> I've just done a factory restore of Vista H P and re-installed my apps,
>> including MS Office 2007. But when I right click the desktop and choose
>> 'new' I don't see a Word document as one of the options. Excel. Access,
>> Publisher etc are there but not the one I need most often - and which i
>> had before the restore. Anyone have any ideas on getting it back????
>> TIA.
>> Bill
>
> Copy and paste the reg file below into a blank text document.
> Save it as NewDocx.reg ,right-click the reg file and select 'Merge'.
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\Word.Document.12\ShellNew]
> "NullFile"=""
>
>
>
>

Is this a related issue? Looking at some of my reinstalled Word files, I
have a mix of files named under 'Type' as "Microsoft Office Word 97-2003
Document", (presumably .doc files) and later files named under 'Type' as
"DOCX File" but with an icon unlike any version of the Word icon; it looks
like a pale blue square within a grey bordered square, somewhat smaller than
the normal Word icon and opens as code, of which the following is a small
sample.

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HJSkð·&¿hÎtâ,n6Pê°vl"^è£Î'P?ôî,Þèë1éOZ»ôºÑþQÚi °�FaY)ãO¶ìúQñ'»?ÿÆ"xÏ?Ü4År?ÌéÜQ\þ»~êÌ]_¨+Þ\Ôú²4O.i¦ñØõð¿²É!>»:Ê�µ÷sÞ͹¯w[í�>!Ê'�ÁCó«ïgäÿ¶,b&~ðk?Ã+Qä7nÌù°¶^Y¾71Ø)gáY (c?I°¿Z,à0ul*Ä(5ÒJ3-µ£tlÄU?~jîÿL»;û»´ÛÞIu-cÁ^dý!¡W�öR?¿æײ5ä?üÔlR»Eû33Ó§ß~®Ì4Ç:ϽÀÇB"x¬= JÒz>F#û´+*½"+bß/Yò?4é,[�õu×Qy�wé�~N

I had to choose 'open with' and nominate Word as the default app to make the
Word icon reappear and the files open normally when clicked. I don't
remember having these problems last time I did a factory restore 2 or 3
years ago and wonder what has cause them this time?

Bill

"Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
news: ...
>
> "Bill" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi.
>> I've just done a factory restore of Vista H P and re-installed my apps,
>> including MS Office 2007. But when I right click the desktop and choose
>> 'new' I don't see a Word document as one of the options. Excel. Access,
>> Publisher etc are there but not the one I need most often - and which i
>> had before the restore. Anyone have any ideas on getting it back????
>> TIA.
>> Bill
>
> Copy and paste the reg file below into a blank text document.
> Save it as NewDocx.reg ,right-click the reg file and select 'Merge'.
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\Word.Document.12\ShellNew]
> "NullFile"=""
>
>
>
>

Office Diagnostics was run but found no problems. Is this a Vista home
Premium or Office problem do you think?

Bill


"Dave-UK" <> wrote in message
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> "Bill" <> wrote in message
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>> Thanks for that but the following message comes up when I try to merge:
>>
>> Cannot import C:\Desktop\Newdocx.reg: the specified file is not a
>> registry script. You can only import binary registry files from within
>> the registry editor.
>>
>> Looking in the registry at
>> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\Word.Document.12\ShellNew], "NullFile" displays
>> REG_SZ under Type and the value column is blank. Should I delete REG_SZ
>> ??
>>
>>
>
> It sounds like you missed off the ' Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 '
> line.
> But it doesn't matter as your .docx reg key looks the same as mine.
> I've got ' NullFile REG_SZ (blank)
>
> Have you tried the Office Diagnostics?
> Start > Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Tools.
>
>