[Bug 239952]
This remains a huge issue for me as of Nov 9/2010, a couple of years after is was reported. My system will not open any .DOC despite the fact that I have associates this extension variously with Word 2003 and Open Office Writer. I am now running Win 7 Pro. The error message is also unclear and unhelpfulthe associated helper application does not exist. What I'd like to suggest is adding what the system thinks the associated helper application is? That would help me find a workaround. At the moment I do not know what or where's it's looking. This should be raised from Normal to Urgent level. For those encountering this issue in Firefox and Thunderbird, it almost forces us to use different software and dump Mozilla. -- firefox - the associated helper application does not exist https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239952 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 239952]
Thanks for the fast response. In Thunderbird, there is no Applications pane (that's in Firefox) but there is an Attachments pane, which is where I set it for Microsoft Word (which fails). I have also tried other programs that I do have loaded, and which work in other situations, like Open Office Writer -- everything fails. This is how I set the associations I referred to in my original report. As I said, nothing works. One possibility is that, if I used the currert version of MS Word, it might actually work. The fact that I crippled the new Word (for which I have lo license because I like the older versions better) may be at the root of my specific problem. -- firefox - the associated helper application does not exist https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239952 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
