Somehow I have associated .doc files with dreamweaver. You can see how this is a problem.
How do I fix this?
by John Cole| 60 Comments
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Somehow I have associated .doc files with dreamweaver. You can see how this is a problem.
How do I fix this?
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Yutsano
Sue Uncle Bill. Other than that I got nothin’.
WaterGirl
You could try right clicking on a .doc file and choosing “open as”. And then there’s something you can click to say something like ‘open all files like this with this program.”
singfoom
http://www.fileinfo.com/help/windows-change-program.html
Short version, right click on one of the files of the type in question, click on the opens with and check the box to change the association, pick Office.
trollhattan
one way is in Win Explorer, [edit] right click on a .doc file, open properties and under the general tab, click change and reset the associated program to Word.
Should be that easy.
Unabogie
Right click a doc file…open with…find the right program to use, make sure “always open with” is checked…switch to Ubuntu.
Jay in Oregon
Right-click and select “Open With > Choose default program…” in Windows 7.
EIGRP
Right-click on a word doc, go to Open With and then Select Default Program. That’s for Windows7
Eric
Fred
It’s called Google.
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=how+to+associate+files+in+windows&aq=f&aqi=g4g-j1&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=ed79ce8913019a5d
and the very first link that comes up.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307859
upyernoz
right click on the file, hit “properties”, select the “change” button to the right of where it says what program is used to open the document and choose the program you want to open .doc files (presumably MS Word?), then check the “always use this program to open this kind of file” box at the bottom, then hit “ok”
NonyNony
Start Menu -> Help
Enter “associate file extensions with program”
It’ll give you a list of instructions on how to do that, depending on your version of Windows.
I can confirm that the Windows 7 method outlined above also works with Vista. I think it works with XP too.
Roger Moore
Convert all files to ODF, open with Libre Office, never pay Office tax again. Or just do the right click trick everyone else has mentioned.
scav
Well, if Google is personally picking on certain people, I don’t see why Bill can’t call down the tubz and harass others. I’ve been suspecting he was my very own typo-inserting daemon for some time now.
Maude
@Roger Moore:
You can use .rtf with LO.
I also like Abiword.
JGabriel
Light incense under your monitor and pray to the computer spirits to fix it.
(I knew a guy who did Mac support at a firm specializing in advertising translations, who found 3 of his users doing this once. It didn’t work then, but, hey, you never know.)
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ant
lol
id be totally fucked without my mac.
Duncan Watson
I read this and just had to laugh. Some days are filled with chuckles.
Citizen_X
That’s your problem, Cole. My problem is you’ve stuck that goddam song in my head.
Damn you John Cole!
Disgruntled Lurker
Lower taxes on the rich and let the free market fix it.
Walker
@JGabriel:
I know a guy who did tech support for the LearningCompany who would leave food out for the “computer fairies” when his machine was acting up. He was actually very good at tech support, believe it or not.
trollhattan
Thread: ovah.
jeffreyw
what they all said^
I’m puttering around in the kitchen, making some chicken enchiladas. Be back later.
MikeJ
@Walker: One of my first computery jobs was IT support. I had a chicken’s foot I’d bought in New Orleans that I would wave back and forth as the computer rebooted.
Roger Moore
@Maude:
AbiWord and .rtf are more of a replacement for the kinds of things you do with WordPad than for Word. It’s possible that John really only needs WordPad- lots of people are using software that’s massive overkill for what they’re doing- but AbiWord is no substitute if he’s doing anything beyond writing letters to the editor.
danimal
Just relax and enjoy the moment. The techies will solve this one for you.
ETA: damn you, citizen X. Beaten to the punch, again.
SFAW
Reformatting your hard drive might also work.
Try it, let me know how it turns out.
SiubhanDuinne
Gotta tell you, John, the tag you gave this thread is purest win.
El Cid
Ha! I bet that will teach you to think yer damn Al Gore can do everything!
Gravenstone
Call Gary Wright, he might know.
MikeJ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn2FB1P_Mn8&NR=1
Maude
@Roger Moore:
I agree about Abiword. I do quick notes on it. I use MSWord for serious stuff and would use LO as well.
I use .rtf because I can open it and it’s fairly standard.
Abiword has headers and footers now. When I first used it, it would crash, but I didn’t lose the document. I just like it because the developers keep working on it.
piratedan
obvious that this is but the other shoe dropping from the first attack levied against Althouse’s blog
stuckinred
My neighbor comes over and I semi-hysterical because a possum was hit by a car around the corner and it’s it very bad shape but alive and struggling. Goddamn it.
eldorado
ubuntu
MikeJ
@eldorado: You using unity? I haven’t tried it yet, just doing kde.
I did have to build two lamp servers yesterday but I didn’t even bother with X on those.
Jennyjinx
@stuckinred:
Just when I was going to say something funny about computers, sprites and incense…wow. That sucks.
Poopyman
@Gravenstone: These kids won’t know wtf you’re talking about.
Please FSM, don’t let me catch an earworm from that ….
Kermit
Cut the capital gains tax
vheidi
@Poopyman: this.
HW3
For XP:
Open Windows Explorer (windows key + e)
Choose Tools Menu > Folder Options …
Go to the File Types tab and locate the DOC type.
Click on Change and select Word.exe
For Win7 here’s a link http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Change-which-programs-Windows-uses-by-default
For Vista: you’re on your own buddy.
WyldPirate
@stuckinred:
So what are you now, a goddamned possum-killing sumbitch?
eldorado
@MikeJ – nay. i’m a version behind and using xfce to boot.
Jamey
@ant: Guh? I use a Mac and often have to change file associations, e.g., when I stupidly enter “.htm” when I mean to enter, “.doc.” The fix is the same for both platforms: highlight file name, change suffix. Lather, rinse, repeat… about a million times.
goblue72
@stuckinred: Yeesh. Its a varmint. Shoot it. Or if you don’t have a gun, whack it with an axe or heavy shovel.
goblue72
Have you tried sticking your dick in some mashed potatoes? I hear that works for most Windows applications.
Martin
@goblue72: Or if you just can’t bring yourself to do that, just call animal control and they’ll do it. If no animal control, call the police.
bago
This means that the namespace occupied by .doc which was originally registered to be consumed by word.exe has been supplanted in the registry to be used by some adobe application.
Roger Moore
@Maude:
I use AbiWord for simple stuff because it was the wordprocessor component of Gnome Office, back when the idea of Gnome Office wasn’t a complete joke, and I’ve never given up the habit. It’s also a lot lighter weight and faster to load than LO (or OO.o, since my distribution hasn’t updated to LO yet) so it’s a lot more convenient to use if I don’t need all the features. Similarly, I use Gnumeric for spreadsheet stuff. It has some of the speed advantage and is much closer to Excel in function than AbiWord is to Word.
I find I can’t use AbiWord for much, though. A lot of my wordprocessing stuff is collaborative, so change tracking and full Word import/export functionality is vital. It’s too bad you have to accept the whole heavy package for one feature, but that’s the way these things go.
stuckinred
@goblue72: I did, still sucked, the little dude was sufferin.
WereBear
@stuckinred: A terrible way to begin the week.
But you did a good deed; even though it didn’t feel like it.
Davebo
Shut down and then unplug your computer. Cancel your internet service and stick to refurbishing old Willys Jeeps.
Doug Harlan J
98% of Microsoft employees gave to democrats. Could be that’s what’s going on here.
bago
@Doug Harlan J: Only if you’re a bit googly eyed.
TomG
I’m glad to see I am not the only LibreOffice user around here.
I tried Unity last week and changed back to “Classic” (GNOME 2.32) in less than 2 days. Linux Mint 11 will be going on this laptop as soon as it leaves RC. They won’t switch until the fall and by then GNOME 3 should have some features restored. Plus I always preferred KDE anyways…
Frank
There’s another LO user here.
No Unity for me. Fluxbox rocks.
Susan Kitchens
In case you need to solve this for Mac OS:
In finder, select document icon.
File > Get Info (or command-I)
Locate Open With ~ halfway down the Get Info pane.
Select, from pop-up menu, Microsoft Word (or any of the Open Office Apps, if you have em)
Click the Change All button to change all filename.docs to be the same
Close the Get Info Window
debbie
Susan, if he’s got Word files (also doc.), Change All will mess them up. Changing them one by one or in batches would be better.
2liberal
take it from a former Windows IT support professional.
1. FDISK
2. FORMAT
3. REINSTALL
4. GO TO STEP ONE
Bill
Back in the day, we had a pet rock we kept near the computer giving us the biggest problem. If that didn’t work, we moved a large sledge hammer next to it too.
One day, the supervisor threw the pet rock away. He decided to get a new job when he noticed we were keeping the sledge hammer near him.
low-tech cyclist
Click your heels together three times, and sing “I believe you can get me through the night.”
(I’m amazed that it took 17 comments before anyone mentioned the song. Usually you guys are much faster than that around here. So what the hell, I’ll pile on.)
sherifffruitfly
1) Unplug your computer.
2) Step away.
3) ????
4) PROFIT!!!