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willdee

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October 26th, 2007 12:00

Help Help Help :-(

Hi everyone,
 
Ive just bought a new system xps 720 dell with windows vista, the problem i have is that all of the documents transfered from the old windows xp system are now impossible to open!!?
 
Please help.
 
 
 
 
Will.
  • willdee

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    Posted October 26th, 2007 13:00

    Yeah Sure,
     
    im having the problems with word documents, upon 'opening' them i get the choise of "use the web service to select the correst programme" or "select a programme from a list of installed programmes".
     
     
    Cheers!
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    Posted October 26th, 2007 13:00

    It would be helpful to know what kind of documents you're talking about - Word documents, Excel Documents, Paint Shop documents...........etc.??? Also, what do you mean by "impossible to open" ? Do you get any error messages??? A little more information please.
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    Posted October 26th, 2007 14:00

    Do you have Microsoft Office (specifically Microsoft Word) installed on the new machine?
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    Posted October 26th, 2007 14:00

    Glad your career is salvaged.
  • Rebel9

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    Posted October 26th, 2007 14:00

    Then use the option to "select a programme from a list of installed programmes". At present, it appears that Word is not set as the default program to open .doc files. You can also set the defaults from Start>Default Programs.
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    Posted October 26th, 2007 14:00

    yep
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    Posted October 26th, 2007 14:00

    SWEET! GET IN!
     
     
    Cheers mate! you've just saved my university essay writting carrer! Legend!