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Resolved Where did my New .DOC menu option go?

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    Or better, how can I bring it back? I like using my right-click menu to create a new doc, but now the only options are a few OpenOffice options. What can I do to get the ability to create a new .doc file? I recently installed a new version of OpenOffice, but I'm not sure why/how that could have eliminated my right-click .doc option.

    I saw a registry fix online, that I d/l and tried, and it was imported into my registry, but this didn't restore anything to my right-click menu.
     
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    It's quite possible that when you installed openoffice.org that you allowed it to be the default application for Microsoft file types.
     
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    OK, but even if I did, you're saying that that would remove certain items from the right-click menu?

    At any rate, any way to get the .doc entry back?
     
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    Do you have MS Office installed?
     
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    Yes, it is 2010 Office Professional Plus. Its been on this laptop since I first bought it (the laptop).

    Would a repair install be in order? I tried that, but in the Add-Remove programs window didn't see a way to do that.
     
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    In the add-remove programs, select Microsoft Office and then click on the Repair button atop the list.
     
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    N/m.
    I clicked on the installation files (I downloaded it, didn't get it from a CD), and it is giving me the option to repair. I'll do this and then see what happens.
     
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    That did it. I got my .doc file-making ability back.

    That said, I "m not sure at all, why I couldn't do a repair install of MS Office from the Add-Remove programs window. Oh well.
     
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    You probably should have selected Professional Plus.
     
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    Pardon me while I'm having a major Duh! moment.

    I don't recall ever installing an "ordinary" version of MS Office 2010, so I figured that that was in fact my office installation. I know this laptop came with a starter version of Office, or a temporary trial, but I installed Pro Plus because that came with a much better price.

    Lesson learned: keep reading. :cool:
     
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    Next time you get a comp with the trial version of Office, completely uninstall it prior to installing a full version that you already have or that your purchase.
     
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