Windows 10: Turn Off WordPad and Word Web

Discus and support Turn Off WordPad and Word Web in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I want to only have all new and existing Word documents open, edit in the full WORD functionality and not WordPad and not Word Web. How do I disable... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by ckv_430, Jan 31, 2021.

  1. CKV_430
    ckv_430 Win User

    Turn Off WordPad and Word Web


    I want to only have all new and existing Word documents open, edit in the full WORD functionality and not WordPad and not Word Web. How do I disable these Windows10 capabilities? How do I know I am in full WORD functionality versus WordPad, Word Web.

    Thank you.

    :)
     
    ckv_430, Jan 31, 2021
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  2. 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 31, 2021
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  3. 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 31, 2021
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  4. BREE
    Bree Win User

    Turn Off WordPad and Word Web

    word to wordpad

    Right-click on the .doc, choose 'Open with...' and select Wordpad. If Wordpad opens it correctly, repeat the exercise, this time ticking the 'Always open with...' box. If Wordpad shows a jumble of weird text, then that particular .doc may well be a genuine Word document. You'll need software that can handle the Word format, either from Microsoft or one of the 'office equivalents' - LibreOffice (the one I would choose) or OpenOffice.

    As you said...
    ...it may well be that they really are in Word format. Did you have Word (or its equivalent) on the machine you imported from?

    Do you still have that machine? If so you could open the documents and save in a format that Wordpad understands - .rtf is a 'lowest common denominator' understood by most apps.
     
    Bree, Jan 31, 2021
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