Windows 10: wordpad has taken over and opens word docs rather than word.

Discus and support wordpad has taken over and opens word docs rather than word. in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; wordpad opens word docs rather then word. how to block word pad?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by RodneyWallaceL, Jul 16, 2018.

  1. RODNEYWALLACEL
    RodneyWallaceL Win User

    wordpad has taken over and opens word docs rather than word.


    wordpad opens word docs rather then word. how to block word pad?

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    RodneyWallaceL, Jul 16, 2018
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  2. BREE
    Bree Win User

    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, Jul 16, 2018
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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, Jul 16, 2018
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  4. BREE
    Bree Win User

    wordpad has taken over and opens word docs rather than word.

    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, Jul 16, 2018
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