Dear Roderick, Many thanks for the below. Once I followed your instructions it then worked for other files as well, i.e. it changed the default to Open Office as required. You are a star.
Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards Ray Hanson Vestas Blades UK Ltd Merlin Quay Hazel Road Southampton SO19 7GB Tel : +44 2380 439600 Mobile : +44 7770 270957 e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail is issued subject to our e-mail disclaimer statement. Please refer to http://www.vestas.com/legal/notice. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender. -----Original Message----- From: G. Roderick Singleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 3:15 PM To: users@openoffice.org Cc: ray.hanson713 Subject: Re: [users] Microsoft Works keeps taking over I am guessing but I think that the file associations are messed up. Why, I do not know but I do know that you can use Windows Explorer to fix it. Your problem is the opposite of what most people encounter so I do hope you will try what I suggest carefully. Open Explorer and go to the directory where the files are. Select one that wants to open in Works and right click. You should get an option "Open with" and from there you can select OpenOffice.org as the application of choice. Repeat this until you have OOo opening all the files that are in appropriate formats. By this I mean anything that is not a Works file as OOo has no filters for Works. On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 15:25 +0100, ray.hanson713 wrote: > Hi Dan, > > Thanks for the below, but this only results in help on finding files. > > The MS Works online help does not cover it either. Looks like MS win > on this one and you cannot switch it off. > > Cheers > > Ray > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <users@openoffice.org> > Cc: "ray.hanson713" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 1:49 PM > Subject: Re: [users] Microsoft Works keeps taking over > > > > On Saturday May 6 2006 06:30 am, ray.hanson713 wrote: > >> Dear sirs, > >> > >> I am a new user and have set Open Office as my default for > >> launching word files etc. When I double click on a word document > >> it still launches in Microsoft Works. On the add/remove programme > >> inside the control panel there is no sight of Microsoft Works. > >> Inside Microsoft Works there is no option fro switching it off as > >> the default. I am running under MS XP. > >> > >> I would like to use Open Office as my default for all MS Office > >> components, please advise how I switch off the built in default in > >> MS Works to enable this. > >> > >> Many thanks > >> > >> Ray > > > > Have you looked in Help? Click the Index tab and enter file > > associations for Microsoft Office in the search box. Click the > > Display button at the bottom of the window. > > > > Dan > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
