Office 2010 on my desktop but I must drag documents to open from Docs file

If I open a document it opens in Office 2007 and says its expired and is read-only. However, I can drag te document to my desktop Office 2010 icon and it;ll open just fine. How do I chane so I can just double click a document and it will auto open in 2010?

asked Dec 13 '11 at 20:21

Patriarch
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If you are using Windows 7

Right click ANY word document >> Open with... >> "Choose default program">> Select MS Word 2010 from the recommended programs OR if it isn't there, click "Browse.." then go to the Installation folder of MS Word 2010 (C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice14 for a 64-bit machine)then click WINWORD.EXE >> ok >>ok >>ok

just vote up / vote as correct if this works.

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answered Dec 15 '11 at 02:34

xedric14
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