Comments on: Microsoft Word (Winword) .doc .docx – file associate, restore file association, repair

By: Khalid

Khalid — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:38:29 +0000

I did slightly diff and it worked,

Under HKeyClassessRoot, i found docx and changed the value of Content Type to “application/msword” and the (Default) to “Word.Document.12″(the number should be the number used in the folder named Word.Document.X, where X is the number used in your directory).

Then I clicked on Start- Default Programs, and it allowed me to associate Docx with MS Word, it took a few seconds to update.

This solved the problem, nothing else worked for me. Good luck

By: Janis G

Janis G — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:50:06 +0000

What a simple fix… and the only one that worked for me. Thank you

By: Francis Pontet

Francis Pontet — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:19:55 +0000

Thank you for Fix 1. How in Gods name does Microsoft think amatauar users ,like myself, can fix problems like this ?? I can only commend you for your expertise and your sharing. Thank you once again.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:24:27 +0000

Thank you for the tip.

By: kiran

kiran — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:34:05 +0000

thanks for this tip very simple and very good one.