Windows 10: I want Wordpad to be my default and not Word

Discus and support I want Wordpad to be my default and not Word in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Word has expired for me. I am not paying $99 a year to renew it. Therefore, it blocked me from doing everything so I tried to switch to Wordpad. Now,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Debbie A1, Jan 16, 2024.

  1. DEBBIE A1
    Debbie A1 Win User

    I want Wordpad to be my default and not Word


    Word has expired for me. I am not paying $99 a year to renew it. Therefore, it blocked me from doing everything so I tried to switch to Wordpad. Now, every time that I use Wordpad, it saves it as Word and there is no option to change that. When I open it even after changing it to Wordpad and creating it the document with Wordpad, it is blocked saying that I have to purchase a new subscription. I finally deleted Word from the computer and it locked up the entire computer. It changed the Word documents from English to Spanish. My password did not work and I had to get into this via email. How

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    Debbie A1, Jan 16, 2024
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  2. BREE
    Bree Win User

    word to wordpad

    It seems quite common these days that new PCs come with Word as the default association for documents as a 'advert' to try and get you to buy Word. It is easy to change the default association to Wordpad.

    Wordpad files will not allow write permission.
     
    Bree, Jan 16, 2024
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  3. STONEFLY
    stonefly Win User
    word to wordpad

    The Word documents are showing up as .doc rather than .docx. I followed your suggestion, but when I tried to open the document I got the same song and dance from Microsoft, specifically, "Buy Microsoft Word". There must be some way out of this dilemma. Microsoft has hijacked all my documents and is holding them for ransom.
     
    stonefly, Jan 16, 2024
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  4. SKIP3119
    skip3119 Win User

    I want Wordpad to be my default and not Word

    Wordpad default template (create or edit in RTF) suddenly becomes Word default.

    My Wordpad default template (create or edit in RTF) suddenly becomes
    Word default .

    Need help:

    How to get back my Wordpad default template. (I don't want my template to be WORD.)

    Thank you very much.
     
    skip3119, Jan 16, 2024
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