Wrong Office version set as default


  1. Posts : 39
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    Wrong Office version set as default


    I'm moving from Office 2007 to Office 365 but I don't want to uninstall 2007 until I'm confident in my use of 365. (And maybe upgrade my PC. It seems to me that performance has slowed with 365.) The problem is that my file association only says "Microsoft Word". It doesn't specify the version-and 2007 starts when I open it from a file. How do I change the file association so it opens Word 365? (Have the same problem with Excel but frankly, if you can tell me how to change one I'm pretty confident I can figure out how to change the other.) Thanks.
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  2. Posts : 39
    Windows 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #2

    No answers? I'd think this would be a fairly common problem.
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  3. Posts : 9,791
    Mac OS Catalina
       #3

    Associate Office files with 365 or open the 365 app and then find and open your file.
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  4. Posts : 1,223
    W10-Pro 22H2
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    Have you tried Start>Settings>Apps>Choose default applications? If that only offers one (wrong or unknown) version of Word, find a docx file in explorer, rt-click and select 'open with...', then select 'more apps', and if Word 365 is not in the list, try 'look for another app' at the bottom of the list: go find Word365, wherever it may be found (I don't have it).
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