Windows 10: Cant't open any documents on my desktop anymore

why can't I access any of my documents? It pops up an error box that says, Adobe Acrobat Reader could not open "myfilename' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been damaged for example, it was was sent as an email attachement and wasnt correctly decoded

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Opening a "new" document type

I right click to open a new document...

it used to list wordpad (extension .rtf)

it doesn't list it anymore...

just text document (extension .txt)

how do i get the option for a wordpad document type back again

 

Office Documents open on wrong virtual desktop in Windows 10

Scenario:

• I have 2 virtual desktops open in Windows 10... Desktop-1 and Desktop-2
• Excel document is currently open on Desktop-2
• Switch back to Desktop-1, and open another Excel document, by double clicking on the document shortcut
• Document opens in Desktop-2

Why? The document should open on the desktop where I opened it? This makes for too much switching back and forth. I'd rather just clutter up a single desktop instead of jumping around all the time. Can I override this counter-intuitive behavior somehow?
Am I missing the point of what virtual desktops are supposed to achieve? Maybe I should just be using dual monitors instead.

 

Can't open documents

Hi Marilyn,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



In order to narrow down the issue and provide appropriate troubleshooting steps, please reply with answers to the questions below.

1. Is it any specific document, a document type or all documents, you are unable to open?
   
2. What happens when you try to open the documents?
   
3. Do you get any error message while trying to open the documents?
   

We look forward for your reply.



Peer Samie

Microsoft Community-Moderator