Can't set 'Open With' to 2007 on earlier versions of Office docume Nicholas J 4/17/2007 3:32:02 PM Although I can access earlier versions of Word docs by opening Word 2007 and then opening the document, when I double-click on an earlier document for example on the desktop I can't set 'Open With' to Word 2007. From Open With I browse to where I <think> Word is, ie. Program Files / Microsoft Office / Office12 / Winword.exe but when I click OK it doesn't 'save' that location as the default Open With. Have tried checking the 'always use' box. Help! Running Vista Home Premium on a two week old machine. Installed Office 2000 briefly then uninstalled it before installing 2007.

Re: Can't set 'Open With' to 2007 on earlier versions of Office docume "Gyorgy Moldova [MVP]" <gmoldova[ at ]mvps.org> 4/17/2007 8:13:58 PM first try reparing the install. if it fails, check the association for the old format (.doc) at Control Panel/Default Programs hth "Nicholas J" <NicholasJ[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:498E2E1F-9BCB-4DE6-AA85-6F860DA06245[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Although I can access earlier versions of Word docs by opening Word 2007 > and > then opening the document, when I double-click on an earlier document for > example on the desktop I can't set 'Open With' to Word 2007. From Open > With > I browse to where I <think> Word is, ie. Program Files / Microsoft Office > / > Office12 / Winword.exe but when I click OK it doesn't 'save' that location > as > the > default Open With. Have tried checking the 'always use' box. Help! > > Running Vista Home Premium on a two week old machine. Installed Office > 2000 > briefly then uninstalled it before installing 2007.