Solved All programs open with Word

[ag123]

Hey everyone,

all my programs and icons look like and open in word.
i tried system restore and a few .exe file association reg fixes but nothing works.

trying sfc/ scannow but does anyone else know how to fix this
i think uninstalling word will be the only way

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi,

You could try http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html or even http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html from our tutorials section.

Hope they help


OS

 

[James Colbert]

In addition to the good advice posted by Orbital Shark:

1) Assuming you have other User Profiles on your machine, have you checked to see if this problem occurs in them? I would check this 1st just to verify if this is a problem confined to your user account or a system wide issue.

2) In the unlikely event that you have no other users on your machine, it would be interesting if you created one to see if it occurs in that one as well.

If the problem does not occur in other user accounts, you can either create a new user account ( Create a user account ) or (simpler) perform a System Restore predating your problem (if you have restore points that go back that far), as per the Tutorial here: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html

If the problem occurs in all accounts, System Restore may be your only option (assuming that Orbital Shark's suggestions do not fix the problem), unless, of course, someone here comes up with a solution that works.

James

 

[ag123]

Hi,

You could try http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html or even http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html from our tutorials section.

Hope they help


OS

the LNK file association fix did the job, thanks man!

 

[CRG]

Hi,

You could try http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html or even http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html from our tutorials section.

Hope they help


OS

the LNK file association fix did the job, thanks man!

Thank you Orbital Shark! The LNK file association fix did the job for me, too!

 

[yhus]

Hi,

You could try http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html or even http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html from our tutorials section.

Hope they help


OS

Thank Orbital Shark. The LNK file helped me solve the problem, too .

 

[FionaElyon]

Everything opens in Word

Everything is opening in Word. EVERYTHING. Every time I try to open ANYTHING (command prompt included) Word opens. I'm amazingly lucky to have gotten to this. Nothing works, except Word. If I only worked in Word, life would be beautiful. Can't download any fixes because they try to open in word. Can't find the extensions to change. Laptop won't let me do a system restore.

 

[Computer0304]

Have you tried the Tip in Default File Type Associations?

 

[FionaElyon]

Anything I try to download/open. opens in Word.

 

[Computer0304]

Have you tried what the tip says? You will need to set the default for REG files to Registry Editor and the yellow box in http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html tells how to do it.