I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that I have Word 2003, Word 2007, and Word 2010 all installed on my computer. Before you tell me to uninstall the other versions, let me explain. My clients typically use only one of those versions (though
few use Word 2003 these days). When I design templates and demo them, I have to open the file in whichever version they use. Plus I have to test templates and files in the client's version and have to write proper instructions for their version.
In the past this was not much of a problem. Double-clicking a Word file would open the last version that I used. If I needed to open it in a different version, I would first open that version of Word and it would take a few moments to configure. After
than, whenever I clicked a Word file, it would open in that version.
That still is the case for Word 2003 and 2010, but recently Word 2007 reinstalls itself every time. Even if Word 2007 was the last version used, Word goes through the installation and configuration process again. This doesn't matter if I open it by double-clicking
a file or opening Word 2007 first from the Start menu.
My desktop is running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. My laptop is also Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with the same three versions of Word. Yet I don't have this issue with the laptop.
This behavior started several weeks ago after some Office updates. However I've made those same updates to my laptop without any problem.
Any suggestions?
