ID: Q110865
The information in this article applies to:
When you run a .DOC file from Windows NT File Manager (for example, double- click on a .DOC filename) Word 6.0 for Windows starts but does not load the .DOC file.
If you run a .DOC file while Word is already running, the document is opened in Word.
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
To work around this problem, use the following steps to modify the .DOC file association:
1. Start Windows NT File Manager.
2. From the File menu, choose Associate.
3. Select .DOC from the "Files with Extension" option.
4. Choose Change Type.
5. The Command option in the Change File Type window will read
something like:
C:\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE /w
Add a "%1" (without the quotation marks) just before the "/w" so that
it looks like the following example:
C:\WINWORD\WINWORD.EXE %1 /w
Under Windows, if Word is not running when you run a .DOC file, Word starts and then a DDE command is sent to Word instructing it to open the file.
Under Windows NT, the DDE command is sent to Word only if Word is already running. Adding the %1 to the command line, instructs Windows NT to include the name of the document inside the instruction that starts Word. Using this, Word opens the document.
If Word is already running, Windows NT correctly uses the DDE instruction to instruct Word to open the document.
KBCategory: kbenv KBSubcategory: Additional query words: 6.0 w_nt opening dynamic data exchange word6 failed fails blank
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Keywords : kbinterop kbenv
Version : 6.0
Platform : WINDOWSLast Reviewed: February 5, 1998