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Associate .doc files with Open Office Write

I have Open Office installed in my PC but Windows insists on using Wordpad to open MS Word document files. To configure .doc files to open with OOO writer each time, i utilize the “assoc” command from the command prompt.

Now,  .odt is a native Open Office format. To check its association therefore, I type assoc .odt on command prompt.

C:/assoc .odt

Assoc then tell me what program is set to open a .odt file. The result reads something like:

assoc .odt=opendocument.WriterDocument.1

Note that the words subsequent to “=” symbol signify the default program. Now, I want to configure Windows so that .doc files are also opened in Open Office Writer by default. Again in command prompt I type:

C:/assoc .doc=opendocument.WriterDocument.1
Command Prompt assoc

This entry was posted on April 15, 2008 at 7:23 am and is filed under Misc Tips, XP with tags . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

15 Responses to “Associate .doc files with Open Office Write”

  1. Chris Says:
    November 11, 2008 at 7:02 am

    Or right click, “open with”, “choose program”. Select swriter and tick ‘always use’.

  2. Gabi Says:
    August 14, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    Hi,

    I would like to say thank you very much for posting this.

    Extremely helpful.

    Thanks,

    G.

  3. apalazon Says:
    October 28, 2010 at 3:45 pm

    Hi,

    thank you very much too. You saved my day.

    Regards,

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