That is, when you don't see an app you want to associate with on the list you should see a way to go find the .EXE you want it to open with. If I had this issue I would go find WINWORD.EXE on some Programs folder and associate it with that.
Here's a google on that.
https://www.google.com/search?q=associate+with+winword.exe
Bob
Unable to open a file with .doc extension into word. Default is set at WordPad. When I try to change this and use "Other Programs" it lists Internet Explorer, Paint, Windows Media Player, Notepad, Windows Media Center, and Windows Photo Viewer. When I go to "Browse it lists the following : "ASUS, AVAST Software, Common Files, DVD Maker, Google, Intel' Internet Explorer, MSBuilds, Paragon Software, Realtek, Reference Assemblies, SeaMonkey, VS Revo Group, Windows Defender, Windows Mail, Windows Media Player, Windows NT, Windows Photo Viewer, Windows Portable, Devices, and Windows Sidebar." But no MS Word shows up in the list, yet the program is there and operational. If I create a word document and save it, it gets saved as a wordpad document. If on the other hand I open MS Word and select File/Open and double click on a file it will open in word format and if I open a document in Rich Text Format it will open it in MS Word.
Is this a problem with Microsoft Office or with Windows 7 Pro x64. Any suggestions as to how I can get Word to be the default for .doc

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