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From: BK on 11 Mar 2010 09:23
Using Windows XP and Office 2007

I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I opened
the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although Office 2003
still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I have received 2003
Word documents as email attachments before, and when I open the attachment
it always launches Word 2007.

Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
time???


From: Daddy on 11 Mar 2010 17:04
My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file format in
Word 2007 is .docx

Daddy

"BK" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message
news:uAX2ncSwKHA.5936(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Using Windows XP and Office 2007
>
> I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
> opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
> Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I have
> received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and when I open
> the attachment it always launches Word 2007.
>
> Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
> time???
>


From: BK on 11 Mar 2010 19:18
But I have opened other .doc email attachments that do not launch Word 2003.




"Daddy" <daddy(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file format
> in Word 2007 is .docx
>
> Daddy
>
> "BK" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:uAX2ncSwKHA.5936(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Using Windows XP and Office 2007
>>
>> I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
>> opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
>> Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I have
>> received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and when I open
>> the attachment it always launches Word 2007.
>>
>> Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
>> time???
>>
>
>


From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 11 Mar 2010 22:25
It is not really a good idea to directly open documents as attachments to
email messages. Better to first save the attachment and then open it.

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"BK" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message
news:#UuPamXwKHA.4532(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> But I have opened other .doc email attachments that do not launch Word
> 2003.
>
>
>
>
> "Daddy" <daddy(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:O1iCLbWwKHA.4908(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file format
>> in Word 2007 is .docx
>>
>> Daddy
>>
>> "BK" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:uAX2ncSwKHA.5936(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Using Windows XP and Office 2007
>>>
>>> I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
>>> opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
>>> Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I
>>> have received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and when
>>> I open the attachment it always launches Word 2007.
>>>
>>> Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
>>> time???
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
From: Graham Mayor on 12 Mar 2010 01:53
While I agree with Doug about not opening e-mail attachments directly, have
you made the registry changes that would allow Word 2003 and 2007 to
peacefully co-exist? If not Word 2003 will grab back its file associations.
The two versions will be in constant conflict. See
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm

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"BK" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23UuPamXwKHA.4532(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> But I have opened other .doc email attachments that do not launch Word
> 2003.
>
>
>
>
> "Daddy" <daddy(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:O1iCLbWwKHA.4908(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> My guess: Because the file extension was .doc and the default file format
>> in Word 2007 is .docx
>>
>> Daddy
>>
>> "BK" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:uAX2ncSwKHA.5936(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Using Windows XP and Office 2007
>>>
>>> I just received a Word 2003 document as an email attachment. When I
>>> opened the attachment, it launched Word 2003 on my system. Although
>>> Office 2003 still resides on my system, I am using Office 2007. I
>>> have received 2003 Word documents as email attachments before, and when
>>> I open the attachment it always launches Word 2007.
>>>
>>> Any idea what would cause an email attachment to launch Word 2003 this
>>> time???
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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