From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: April 20, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: RE: Ask Leo Question
>
> Leo,
> For the last couple of months when I try to open a document
> it opens in Wordpad; even if I originally saved it in
> \'Word\'. It does this if I open a document from my email or
> if I open it from \'My Computer\'. If I go into \'Word\'
> first and then open it up, it works fine. It is getting to
> be annoying since the formats vary and sometimes the
> documents look nothing alike. If I forget that it is now in
> Wordpad and do any changes that I want to save, it comes up
> something like \'Wordpad cannot save in this format. Do you
> want to save in a different format?\' Any suggestions?
>
> (PS. This happened around the same time I upgraded my IE and
> my whole web access went screwy, so I changed over to
> Firefox. Might just be co-incidental in the timing.)
Follow the instructions in this article:
http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_make_something_other_than_picture_and_fax_viewer_the_default_for_viewing_pictures.html
except look for ".doc" files, and change the application to Microsoft Word,
and you should be all set.
Thanks for asking,
Leo