There are many ways to do it. a) Re-install OpenOffice over itself. b) Manually assign the file-type to the program.
The first one is a bit more intrussive but is faster. The second one will be safer but will take more steps. File association relies on the Operating system and NOT on OO. So the steps has to happen in windows. To perform the file association follow this steps: - Go to Control Panel on Windows - Go to Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations. Select a file type in the list and click Change Program. - Select the extensions you neeed (doc, docx, odt -> OpenOffice Writer, etc) For further details go here: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-file-associations-windows On 11/12/14, Bud Oliver <budoli...@shaw.ca> wrote: > Greetings: > I am 77 and not very computer literate but have been using OO for some > time word processing etc. I downloaded 4,01 Beta and then 4.01 which I > have been using fine. I was waiting a bit before downloading the last > update. > Today, I deleted the Beta because it was not needed but I have now found > that I can't open my open office files. I tried the "open with" > approach and now can open some of the files with Word Pad which must > have been on the computer when I got it about a year ago. > I had been following the discussion about some folks having this type of > problem and it was suggested to put in a new user profile. I have > followed the directions down get to "Appdata" but cannot find the > "user" file in the list. > I do hope that there is help out there for me to get me on the right track. > I have a H.P. 64 bit Windows 7 with 4 GB Ram > Thanks, > Bud > > -- > "Don't find fault, find a remedy." -- Henry Ford > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
