Opening files from the desktop causes to try to be open with WorkPerfect instead of Word

When I try to open a document in the office, I receive a message indicating that it tries to open it with WordPerfect instead of the word.  Why this happens when I want, he opened with Word.

Hello

Go to Control Panel/Default Programs/Set file associations. Scroll down to the file type (.doc/.docx) and select it, then click on "program change" and choose a Word from the list, or click Browse for the word.exe file.

Good luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Crazy" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

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