[X4U] RE: Can't set MS Word as the default

James Hurley jhurley0305 at sbcglobal.net
Sun Oct 26 21:37:40 PDT 2008


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> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:51:30 -0500
> From: "Terence Cozad" <tcozad at covad.net>
> Subject: RE: [X4U] Can't set MS Word as the default
> To: "'A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user.'"
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> It is true that if you have a network and another computer is  
> running Word
> (same license) that it will detect it and you cannot run it. That is
> different than what you are getting.
> I would suggest running Disk Utility in your Utility folder and fixing
> permissions. You can also use the program ONYX that can repair  
> permissions
> and does a bunch of other things, including verifying the directory  
> (but
> does not fix it), cleans the cache.
> It is also possible that you need to uninstall Office and reinstall  
> the app,
> including the patches. I would go with fixing permissions first,  
> restart,
> then try again. You should be able to do a change all and if not it  
> is not
> recognizing word. Did you move Word out of its default place in the
> Application folder-if so then updates may not run correctly?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:x4u-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of James
> Hurley
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:25 PM
> To: x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> Subject: [X4U] Can't set MS Word as the default
>
>> I don't know how this happened but my Mac suddenly has trouble
>> recognizing Word documents.
>>
>> Even the screen icon is now missing on Word documents.
>>
>> If I control-click on a Word document, the default program to open
>> a Word file is Text Edit. If I select Other and choose MS Word in
>> my Applications folder it does open it word. But only that one
>> time. The next time I try to open it, Text Edit is again the
>> default application.
>>
>> If I do a Get Info on a Word file, Text Edit is listed as the
>> application in which the file will open. If I select Other and
>> choose Word, then MS Word appears in the drop down menu as the app
>> to open  the file. But if I then click on the "Change All" button,
>> the drop down menu changes to Word Pad, an application that needs
>> to go through Fusion to open.  It is not possible to do a Change
>> All to MS Word.
>>
>> Any thoughts on this very weird avoidance of Word as the app for
>> opening Word documents?
>>
>> Jim Hurley
>
> I have had some second thoughts on this issue--my Mac not
> recognizing .doc files as Word documents.
>
> I used to regularly get a message when I tried to open a Word
> document on one computer when another computer on the network was
> running Word. It was something  to the effect that I couldn't run
> word on two computers at once.
>
> But I don't get that message any more. I don't mean to be paranoid,
> but is  it possible the MS has altered the cache (or whatever in the
> System files) so that Word is no longer recognized on this one  
> computer?
>
> Jim Hurley
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:14:07 -0500
> From: Linda <xpressobean at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [X4U] Can't set MS Word as the default
> To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user."
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> On 10/24/08 12:51 PM, Terence Cozad wrote:
>
>> I would suggest running Disk Utility in your Utility folder and  
>> fixing
>> permissions. You can also use the program ONYX that can repair  
>> permissions
>> and does a bunch of other things, including verifying the  
>> directory (but
>> does not fix it), cleans the cache.
>
>
> If that doesn't fix it, Disk Warrior might. Many of the errors that  
> Disk
> Warrior fixes when I run it are "custom icon" repairs.
>
> I wonder if you installed your Fusion/Windows environment after you
> installed Word on your Mac. Macs have a way of remembering the most  
> recent
> software installed, which might be why WordPad is the app that  
> shows up.
>
> The files you're having trouble with aren't on a  Windows  
> partition, are
> they?
>
>


Thanks Terrence and Linda.

I followed your advice, and the thing that worked was reinstalling Word.

Word is not the default app and WordPad is secondary.

Whew.  Glad that's fixed.

Thanks again,

Jim 


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