[pchelpers] Re: Need help

Morris Gratton wrote:
> Hello my friends:
> My PC is an HP and my operating system is ME My Word Processor is Open Office.
> Here is my problem. When print a Document and want to save it to "My 
> Documents" It goes there, but when I want to open it the usual Open Office 
> icon is not there. In it's place is a different icon, which looks like a 
> little square with 3 coloured dots in it. and when I click on it a box comes 
> up that asks me to choose what program I want to open it with. I can choose 
> Open Office and it opens. But up until today I didn't have to do that, 
> because the Open Office icon was there and I could simply click on it and the 
> document would immediately open.
> What do you think made it change and how can I fix it.
> I hope you can understand what I am trying to say here.
> I would appreciate it very much if you could help me with this.
> Thank you in advance
> Morris Gratton
It sounds like a file association problem, but also a little like aging 
in windows ME. Pity about this version is that it works well until its 
files begin to age.
ME does not provide a feature like SFC to repair them the way 98 does 
(prove me wrong please). Meantime things are fine until it dies. 
Re-installing ME most likely overwrites your files in the process.
Alternatives:
Save your important stuff off the system (CD or USB stick). Then do one of:
Upgrade to XP or
reinstall with Win 98. You may need to format to do that. Can any others 
on the list suggest better options?

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