Windows 10: problem opening documents on my desktop.

When I click on an icon on my desktop designed to open a Word document, the system tries to open Word Professional 2007 then stalls. So I click Cancel. The screen changes to "chose a language!" then defaults to a chinese!

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Desktop items open Libreoffice; windows bugged and flickering

My mother's PC had the most bizarre bug I've ever seen this morning.

PC specs: Windows 10 Home 64bit
Version: 1903 when problem occurred (1909 now)

What happened:

• all desktop items, including folders, opened in Libreoffice Writer; once open it displayed a blank document then began flickering as if it had bugged while scrolling
• opened Task Manager from the task bar, selecting the second tab opened the final tab, which began flickering like Libreoffice
• problems stopped after a restart, then occurred again after another restart; then stopped after the PC ran for a short time
• no error popups or BSODs
• she said Candycrush reported an error earlier but it didn't occur when I looked at it; she said it mentioned "something about the desktop"

Steps I've taken:

• did a quick virus scan then reboot scan with Windows Defender; no problems found
• sfc /scannow; no problems found
• installed update KB4537572 and upgraded system to 1909; updates appear to have been successful, no other updates available

At the moment the problem has disappeared, but since it reoccurred previously I'm not sure it hasn't been fixed.

I'm out of ideas. What else can I check and what other tests can I run? Based on the given information could anyone suggest what the problem might be?

 

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