Hi, Did you try to open the file from within Word? Of course you'll have to change the "files of type" to either "all" or "txt". HTH Russell -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allan Wong Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 2:35 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: file associations using Word 2007 did you press apply button to apply the changes you've made? just a thought. Warmest Regards, Allan Wong ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Tighe" <pstighe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 03:30 Subject: file associations using Word 2007 All: Maybe I am jjust clinging to old habbits, but I would like to set up my computer so that when I click or press enter on a .txt file it will open up in Microsoft Word 2007as It always could be done in earlier versions of Word. But I can't seem to do this. When I choose browse from the open with menu in Windows xp and browse down the tree to MicrosoftOffice\office 12\winword.exe and press open, I get no error message, but neither does it work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Peter opin with -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx