All my programs have gone there program default open in Word 2007 how to change all the programs back to defuault there?

All my programs are passed to the default opening program here as Word 2007 How do I change all the acknowledgement of programs to defuault there? I uninstalled the steps and it made no difference so I reinstalled and opened. Then he did the same as before. How can I get my programs back to default here?
This problem started as soon as I updated my Windows 7 - 32 bit - please help. :(

Hello mattyboy1212,

Thanks for posting on the Microsoft answers Forum.

Try these steps and see if you can associate the default programs. If they are associated with Word, and then change them to the correct program.

1. click Start and then click Control Panel.

2. click on programs link.

Note: If you see small icons or large icons in the control panel display, you will not see this link. Click on the default programs icon, and then click the link associated with a file type or Protocol with a program . Go to step 4.

3. click on the link to Open a file in a specific program type always under default programs .

4. in the set Associations window, scroll down until you see the file extension that you want to change the default for program.

5. click on the extension of the file to select it, once you have found what you are looking for.

6. click the button of change... program above the scroll bar.

The Open with dialog box should appear.

7. look into options for programs recommended and choose the application you want to open it with the file extension when you double-click on the particular type of the file on your computer.

Note: Chances are, requests described under the programs recommended will be contain more programs for this type of file, but don't forget to look at the applications under other programs. You may need to click the v to expand the list of these programs.

Note: Click Browse... to search, through your computer for any program not shown do not want to use.

8. click OK in the Open with window. Windows 7 is going to update the list of file associations to display the new default program to open this type of file.

9. click the button close the bottom together associations . You can also close the window of the Control Panel if it is still open.

10. at this stage, when you double-click on any file with this particular file extension, the program you partner in step 7 will launch and load the particular file.

Important: Program used to automatically open when these types of files have been launched will again open these types of files. To use a different program, you just need to start the program manually and then browse your computer for the file in particular.

If please reply back and let us know if know if it helped to solve your problem or if you still need help.

Sincerely,

Marilyn
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