Why My Office Files Do not Open?

While working on MS Office, there may be situationsanti-virus program on your computer system.
when you click and try to open up an office file, it doesThe repairing of Office would make the program free
not open. After this you try the "Open With" option tofrom errors or any type of corruptions thus making the
open the required file and the file gets opened in otherfiles accessible.
program rather than its respective program. ForOption 2:
instance, an MS Word file might not open in MS WordUse of "regserver"command to re-register the Office
and works effectively with any other program.program
Why does this happen?The regserver command is used re-register the Office
This situation generally occurs when the file associationprogram itself. This command is useful when you want
or file type extension is incorrect. To correct theto rewrite all the program registry keys and
problem, one must ensure to check and correct the filere-associate the programs with suitable program files.
associations by "repairing the Office or OfficeTo perform this modification, follow these steps:
program", or by using the "regserver" command.1. Close the program which has to be re-registered
The Solutions:2. Click the Start button and select the Run option.
Option 1:3. In the Run window, type program.exe/unregserver in
Repair the Office or Office Program:the box.
While repairing the Office program, the correct file4. Again click Start and select the Run option and type
association will be performed with the respectiveprogram.exe/regserver in the box.
office program, to repair the Office program followNote: This does not works for MS Outlook
these steps:These steps would re-register the Office program and
1. First of all, close all the running Office programs andthe office files would open with their respective
turn off any running anti-virus program.programs.
2. Click the Start button and select the Run option.This article aims to provide you with solutions when
3. In the Run window, type the following command:you are unable to open a file or access its data
appwiz.cpl. This would open the Add or Removebecause of unknown reasons. If in certain
Programs window.circumstances your MS Office file(s) gets corrupt or
4. Click the installed office program like, Microsoftdamaged you can recover your inaccessible data with
Office Professional Edition 2003 or Microsoft Officethe help of file repair software. The file repair software
2000 Professional etc.repairs the damaged file and makes it easy for you to
5. Now click the Change/Remove option. Theaccess your data.
Microsoft Office 2003 Setup window will be displayed.You can try the Kernel file repair range for word
6. In the Setup window, select the Reinstall or Repairrecovery, power point recovery, excel recovery,
option. The program will now check for the installedaccess recovery, and publisher recovery from the
files and will replace or install any files from the earliercorrupt and damaged files. The file recovery software
version of Office which were of wrong size, damaged,demo version is available for FREE download for the
corrupt or missing.performance evaluation after which you can purchase
7. After repairing of the Office program, turn on theFULL version of the file data recovery software.