WORD documents display WordPad Icon

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

How can I reset the Word documents (*.doc) to display the Word Icon? They
now display the WordPad Icon. I have tried the Advanced option in Folder
Options - File Types. It defaults to the WordPad Icon for .doc file types.

Thank you
Mister T
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Try this...

Find a *.doc | Right click the file | Properties |
General tab | Opens with: |
If WordPad is listed instead of Microsoft Word |
Click the Change button and browse to Microsoft Word
and highlight it | Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Change button
[[Click to change the program that opens files of this type.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:2F6966FC-F460-4F98-87B2-890C9A610494@microsoft.com,
Mister T <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> How can I reset the Word documents (*.doc) to display the Word Icon? They
> now display the WordPad Icon. I have tried the Advanced option in Folder
> Options - File Types. It defaults to the WordPad Icon for .doc file
> types.
>
> Thank you
> Mister T
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Do this buddy .
1] Open MyCOmputer.
2] Select "Folder option" from "Tools" menu.
3] Select "File Types" and wait few seconds.
4] Now when list appears find out "DOC" from list.
5] click once on"DOC"
5] Now Check that After "Open with" there is
"Microsoft Office Word "
6] If it is there. Then click "ADVANCED" tab in bottom.
7] Clck "CHANGE" button.New Window "Change
ICon" appears.
8] Click browse New window opens.
9] Now select "WINWORD.EXE"
{ Path may be "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.exe" }
10] click open.
11] Now u can see icons. Select one icon that u want to display for "DOC"
file .
12] click OK
13] click ok
14]click close.

can u see icon has changed ..
"Mister T" <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2F6966FC-F460-4F98-87B2-890C9A610494@microsoft.com...
> How can I reset the Word documents (*.doc) to display the Word Icon? They
> now display the WordPad Icon. I have tried the Advanced option in Folder
> Options - File Types. It defaults to the WordPad Icon for .doc file
types.
>
> Thank you
> Mister T
>
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Hi Wes,

Thanks for taking time to reply to my question. Unfortunately, I have tried
those steps before and it did not fix the problem.

Thanks
Mister T


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> Try this...
>
> Find a *.doc | Right click the file | Properties |
> General tab | Opens with: |
> If WordPad is listed instead of Microsoft Word |
> Click the Change button and browse to Microsoft Word
> and highlight it | Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK
>
> Change button
> [[Click to change the program that opens files of this type.]]
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:2F6966FC-F460-4F98-87B2-890C9A610494@microsoft.com,
> Mister T <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > How can I reset the Word documents (*.doc) to display the Word Icon? They
> > now display the WordPad Icon. I have tried the Advanced option in Folder
> > Options - File Types. It defaults to the WordPad Icon for .doc file
> > types.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Mister T
>
>
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Hi Sawpnesh,

I tried those steps and it did not fix the problem.

Thanks
Mister T


"Swapnesh" wrote:

> Do this buddy .
> 1] Open MyCOmputer.
> 2] Select "Folder option" from "Tools" menu.
> 3] Select "File Types" and wait few seconds.
> 4] Now when list appears find out "DOC" from list.
> 5] click once on"DOC"
> 5] Now Check that After "Open with" there is
> "Microsoft Office Word "
> 6] If it is there. Then click "ADVANCED" tab in bottom.
> 7] Clck "CHANGE" button.New Window "Change
> ICon" appears.
> 8] Click browse New window opens.
> 9] Now select "WINWORD.EXE"
> { Path may be "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.exe" }
> 10] click open.
> 11] Now u can see icons. Select one icon that u want to display for "DOC"
> file .
> 12] click OK
> 13] click ok
> 14]click close.
>
> can u see icon has changed ..
> "Mister T" <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2F6966FC-F460-4F98-87B2-890C9A610494@microsoft.com...
> > How can I reset the Word documents (*.doc) to display the Word Icon? They
> > now display the WordPad Icon. I have tried the Advanced option in Folder
> > Options - File Types. It defaults to the WordPad Icon for .doc file
> types.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Mister T
> >
>
>
>
>
>
 
N

Nightowl

Distinguished
May 17, 2001
251
0
18,780
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote on Mon, 29 Aug 2005:

>Here is where the problem lies:
>
>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
>@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
> 00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
> 4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
> 00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
> 45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00
>
>Which resolves to the following:
>
>"%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1


Hi Ramesh

Brilliant catch!

But can I ask you, out of curiosity, how do you "translate" the hex
string?

--
Nightowl
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Mister,

I think somewhere or the other the Wordpad icon is referenced in file
association. Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/fileextinfo.zip. Unzip the tool and run it.
Select .DOC and create the report. Post the entire contents here.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Mister T" <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:793EA063-191E-4683-9DF4-32977D626292@microsoft.com...
> Hi Wes,
>
> Thanks for taking time to reply to my question. Unfortunately, I have
> tried
> those steps before and it did not fix the problem.
>
> Thanks
> Mister T
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> Try this...
>>
>> Find a *.doc | Right click the file | Properties |
>> General tab | Opens with: |
>> If WordPad is listed instead of Microsoft Word |
>> Click the Change button and browse to Microsoft Word
>> and highlight it | Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK
>>
>> Change button
>> [[Click to change the program that opens files of this type.]]
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:2F6966FC-F460-4F98-87B2-890C9A610494@microsoft.com,
>> Mister T <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>> > How can I reset the Word documents (*.doc) to display the Word Icon?
>> > They
>> > now display the WordPad Icon. I have tried the Advanced option in
>> > Folder
>> > Options - File Types. It defaults to the WordPad Icon for .doc file
>> > types.
>> >
>> > Thank you
>> > Mister T
>>
>>
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Hi Ramesh,

Thank you for your response and your help. Here is the output from
FileExtInfo:


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FileExtInfo v1.0 - Log file
8/29/2005 8:49:24 AM

Complete File association information for ---> .DOC
Useful for troubleshooting File association and other problems
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC]
@="soffice6.doc"
"Content Type"="application/msword"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\OpenWithList\Winword.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\PersistentHandler]
@="{98de59a0-d175-11cd-a7bd-00006b827d94}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{9DBD2C50-62AD-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\ShellNew]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\Word.Document.6]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\Word.Document.6\ShellNew]
"FileName"="winword.doc"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\Word.Document.8]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\Word.Document.8\ShellNew]
"FileName"="winword.doc"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\WordDocument]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DOC\WordDocument\ShellNew]
"FileName"="winword.doc"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc]
@="Microsoft Word Document"
"EditFlags"=dword:00000000
"AlwaysShowExt"=""
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000008

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell]
@="open"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\Edit]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\Edit\command]
@="\"F:\\MSWORD\\Office\\Winword.exe\" %1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\Edit\ddeexec]
@="[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen(\"%1\")]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\Edit\ddeexec\Application]
@="Winword.exe"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\Edit\ddeexec\Topic]
@="system"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\New]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\New\command]
@="F:\\MSWORD\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\New\ddeexec]
@="[new(\"%1\")]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\New\ddeexec\Application]
@="WINWORD.EXE"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\New\ddeexec\Topic]
@="system"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\open\command]
@="F:\\MSWORD\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\open\ddeexec]
@="[open(\"%1\")]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\open\ddeexec\Application]
@="WINWORD"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\open\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\PRINT]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\PRINT\command]
@="\"F:\\MSWORD\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\PRINT\ddeexec]
@="[open(\"%1\")][print()][close()]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\PRINT\ddeexec\Application]
@="WINWORD"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\soffice6.doc\shell\PRINT\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
45,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\shellex\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{9DBD2C50-62AD-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC]
"Progid"="soffice6.doc"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC\OpenWithList]
"a"="WINWORD.EXE"
"MRUList"="abdc"
"b"="IEXPLORE.EXE"
"c"="devenv.exe"
"d"="XLGateway.exe"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.DOC\OpenWithProgids]
"soffice6.doc"=hex(0):



"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Mister,
>
> I think somewhere or the other the Wordpad icon is referenced in file
> association. Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/fileextinfo.zip. Unzip the tool and run it.
> Select .DOC and create the report. Post the entire contents here.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Mister T" <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:793EA063-191E-4683-9DF4-32977D626292@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Wes,
> >
> > Thanks for taking time to reply to my question. Unfortunately, I have
> > tried
> > those steps before and it did not fix the problem.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mister T
> >
> >
> > "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> >
> >> Try this...
> >>
> >> Find a *.doc | Right click the file | Properties |
> >> General tab | Opens with: |
> >> If WordPad is listed instead of Microsoft Word |
> >> Click the Change button and browse to Microsoft Word
> >> and highlight it | Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK
> >>
> >> Change button
> >> [[Click to change the program that opens files of this type.]]
> >>
> >> --
> >> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> >>
> >> Wes
> >> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> >>
> >> In news:2F6966FC-F460-4F98-87B2-890C9A610494@microsoft.com,
> >> Mister T <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> >> > How can I reset the Word documents (*.doc) to display the Word Icon?
> >> > They
> >> > now display the WordPad Icon. I have tried the Advanced option in
> >> > Folder
> >> > Options - File Types. It defaults to the WordPad Icon for .doc file
> >> > types.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you
> >> > Mister T
> >>
> >>
>
>
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Mister,

Here is where the problem lies:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00

Which resolves to the following:

"%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1

Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:

Backup and then delete this:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Mister T" <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BC9A84F1-3F77-49EB-8DDB-F36A57D17FA2@microsoft.com...
> Hi Ramesh,
>
> Thank you for your response and your help. Here is the output from
> FileExtInfo:
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> FileExtInfo v1.0 - Log file
> 8/29/2005 8:49:24 AM
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

BTW, that's the default setting. You can fix the problem by properly
associating the .DOC with MS Word (I believe this is what you want)

If so, type this in Start, Run:

CMD /C ASSOC .DOC=Word.Document.8


--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eIZGrFKrFHA.2924@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Mister,
>
> Here is where the problem lies:
>
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
> @=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
>
> 00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
>
> 4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
>
> 00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
> 45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00
>
> Which resolves to the following:
>
> "%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1
>
> Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:
>
> Backup and then delete this:
> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
>
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Mister T" <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BC9A84F1-3F77-49EB-8DDB-F36A57D17FA2@microsoft.com...
>> Hi Ramesh,
>>
>> Thank you for your response and your help. Here is the output from
>> FileExtInfo:
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> FileExtInfo v1.0 - Log file
>> 8/29/2005 8:49:24 AM
>
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Ramesh,

That fixed it ! You are a genius !

Thank you very much !

Regards,
Mister T


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> BTW, that's the default setting. You can fix the problem by properly
> associating the .DOC with MS Word (I believe this is what you want)
>
> If so, type this in Start, Run:
>
> CMD /C ASSOC .DOC=Word.Document.8
>
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eIZGrFKrFHA.2924@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Mister,
> >
> > Here is where the problem lies:
> >
> > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
> > @=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
> >
> > 00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
> >
> > 4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
> >
> > 00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
> > 45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00
> >
> > Which resolves to the following:
> >
> > "%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1
> >
> > Open Regedit.exe and navigate to:
> >
> > Backup and then delete this:
> > [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> > Windows XP Shell/User
> > http://windowsxp.mvps.org
> >
> >
> > "Mister T" <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:BC9A84F1-3F77-49EB-8DDB-F36A57D17FA2@microsoft.com...
> >> Hi Ramesh,
> >>
> >> Thank you for your response and your help. Here is the output from
> >> FileExtInfo:
> >>
> >>
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> FileExtInfo v1.0 - Log file
> >> 8/29/2005 8:49:24 AM
> >
>
>
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Glad that helped, Mister.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Mister T" <MisterT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:87E9C9D6-A3EF-4671-8010-56E1B8F1A750@microsoft.com...
> Ramesh,
>
> That fixed it ! You are a genius !
>
> Thank you very much !
>
> Regards,
> Mister T
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> BTW, that's the default setting. You can fix the problem by properly
>> associating the .DOC with MS Word (I believe this is what you want)
>>
>> If so, type this in Start, Run:
>>
>> CMD /C ASSOC .DOC=Word.Document.8
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Thanks, Nightowl. BTW, that's the default setting. As no DefaultIcon was set
at the HKCU level in that case, the icon set under SystemFileAssociations
took precedence.

>> "translate" the hex string?

I have a custom VB program to translate that. Alternately, the REG_EXPAND_SZ
value can be viewed by merging the .REG with the registry.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:eek:Q+bZsNTS0EDFwTF@black.hole...
> Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote on Mon, 29 Aug 2005:
>
>>Here is where the problem lies:
>>
>>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
>>@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
>> 00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
>> 4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
>> 00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
>> 45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00
>>
>>Which resolves to the following:
>>
>>"%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1
>
>
> Hi Ramesh
>
> Brilliant catch!
>
> But can I ask you, out of curiosity, how do you "translate" the hex
> string?
>
> --
> Nightowl
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Correction:

at the HKCU level in that case

should be:

at the *HKCR* level in that case

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:Ohmh4FMrFHA.1684@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Thanks, Nightowl. BTW, that's the default setting. As no DefaultIcon was
> set at the HKCU level in that case, the icon set under
> SystemFileAssociations took precedence.
>
>>> "translate" the hex string?
>
> I have a custom VB program to translate that. Alternately, the
> REG_EXPAND_SZ value can be viewed by merging the .REG with the registry.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
> news:eek:Q+bZsNTS0EDFwTF@black.hole...
>> Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote on Mon, 29 Aug 2005:
>>
>>>Here is where the problem lies:
>>>
>>>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
>>>@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
>>> 00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
>>> 4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
>>> 00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
>>> 45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00
>>>
>>>Which resolves to the following:
>>>
>>>"%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1
>>
>>
>> Hi Ramesh
>>
>> Brilliant catch!
>>
>> But can I ask you, out of curiosity, how do you "translate" the hex
>> string?
>>
>> --
>> Nightowl
>
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

These are not entries that office adds.

--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
=================================================
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:Ohmh4FMrFHA.1684@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Thanks, Nightowl. BTW, that's the default setting. As no DefaultIcon was set
> at the HKCU level in that case, the icon set under SystemFileAssociations
> took precedence.
>
>>> "translate" the hex string?
>
> I have a custom VB program to translate that. Alternately, the REG_EXPAND_SZ
> value can be viewed by merging the .REG with the registry.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
> news:eek:Q+bZsNTS0EDFwTF@black.hole...
>> Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote on Mon, 29 Aug 2005:
>>
>>>Here is where the problem lies:
>>>
>>>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
>>>@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
>>> 00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
>>> 4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
>>> 00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
>>> 45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00
>>>
>>>Which resolves to the following:
>>>
>>>"%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1
>>
>>
>> Hi Ramesh
>>
>> Brilliant catch!
>>
>> But can I ask you, out of curiosity, how do you "translate" the hex
>> string?
>>
>> --
>> Nightowl
>
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Correct, David. I realised after posting that it's the default setting. So
suggested the ASSOC command to "Mister T"

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
news:OKMBFNMrFHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
These are not entries that office adds.

--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
=================================================
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:Ohmh4FMrFHA.1684@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Thanks, Nightowl. BTW, that's the default setting. As no DefaultIcon was
> set
> at the HKCU level in that case, the icon set under SystemFileAssociations
> took precedence.
>
>>> "translate" the hex string?
>
> I have a custom VB program to translate that. Alternately, the
> REG_EXPAND_SZ
> value can be viewed by merging the .REG with the registry.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
> news:eek:Q+bZsNTS0EDFwTF@black.hole...
>> Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote on Mon, 29 Aug 2005:
>>
>>>Here is where the problem lies:
>>>
>>>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
>>>@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
>>> 00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
>>> 4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
>>> 00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
>>> 45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00
>>>
>>>Which resolves to the following:
>>>
>>>"%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1
>>
>>
>> Hi Ramesh
>>
>> Brilliant catch!
>>
>> But can I ask you, out of curiosity, how do you "translate" the hex
>> string?
>>
>> --
>> Nightowl
>
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

My point is Office setup did not make those registry entries. They are mostly the same as office in detail but are assigned to soffice6 not Word.Document.8 (office 97 and later).

--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
=================================================
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:u2nTZPMrFHA.2896@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Correct, David. I realised after posting that it's the default setting. So
> suggested the ASSOC command to "Mister T"
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
> news:OKMBFNMrFHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> These are not entries that office adds.
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
> =================================================
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:Ohmh4FMrFHA.1684@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks, Nightowl. BTW, that's the default setting. As no DefaultIcon was
>> set
>> at the HKCU level in that case, the icon set under SystemFileAssociations
>> took precedence.
>>
>>>> "translate" the hex string?
>>
>> I have a custom VB program to translate that. Alternately, the
>> REG_EXPAND_SZ
>> value can be viewed by merging the .REG with the registry.
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
>> news:eek:Q+bZsNTS0EDFwTF@black.hole...
>>> Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote on Mon, 29 Aug 2005:
>>>
>>>>Here is where the problem lies:
>>>>
>>>>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
>>>>@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
>>>> 00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
>>>> 4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
>>>> 00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
>>>> 45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00
>>>>
>>>>Which resolves to the following:
>>>>
>>>>"%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Ramesh
>>>
>>> Brilliant catch!
>>>
>>> But can I ask you, out of curiosity, how do you "translate" the hex
>>> string?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nightowl
>>
>
 
G

Guest

Guest
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

I understand now :) Interesting file association settings there. Someone may
have edited the registry manually and replaced every instance of soffice's
exe to "F:\\MSWORD\\Office\\WINWORD.EXE" rather than just fixing the ASSOC
for .DOC.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
news:%23TCIZeMrFHA.3080@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
My point is Office setup did not make those registry entries. They are
mostly the same as office in detail but are assigned to soffice6 not
Word.Document.8 (office 97 and later).

--
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
=================================================
"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:u2nTZPMrFHA.2896@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Correct, David. I realised after posting that it's the default setting. So
> suggested the ASSOC command to "Mister T"
>
> --
> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Shell/User
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "David Candy" <.> wrote in message
> news:OKMBFNMrFHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> These are not entries that office adds.
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> http://webdiary.smh.com.au/archives/_comment/001075.html
> =================================================
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:Ohmh4FMrFHA.1684@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks, Nightowl. BTW, that's the default setting. As no DefaultIcon was
>> set
>> at the HKCU level in that case, the icon set under SystemFileAssociations
>> took precedence.
>>
>>>> "translate" the hex string?
>>
>> I have a custom VB program to translate that. Alternately, the
>> REG_EXPAND_SZ
>> value can be viewed by merging the .REG with the registry.
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
>> news:eek:Q+bZsNTS0EDFwTF@black.hole...
>>> Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote on Mon, 29 Aug 2005:
>>>
>>>>Here is where the problem lies:
>>>>
>>>>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.DOC\DefaultIcon]
>>>>@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,\
>>>> 00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,\
>>>> 4e,00,54,00,5c,00,41,00,63,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,69,00,65,\
>>>> 00,73,00,5c,00,57,00,4f,00,52,00,44,00,50,00,41,00,44,00,2e,00,45,00,58,00,\
>>>> 45,00,22,00,2c,00,31,00,00,00
>>>>
>>>>Which resolves to the following:
>>>>
>>>>"%ProgramFiles%\Windows NT\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE",1
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Ramesh
>>>
>>> Brilliant catch!
>>>
>>> But can I ask you, out of curiosity, how do you "translate" the hex
>>> string?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nightowl
>>
>
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom