Hi! chaps, can anyone help me with this, and tell me what has happened. All of a sudden when I open a doc file, all I get is computer code, even the files on my flash drive do the same, I reinstalled office, but it made difference, so I downloaded a program called Opal office. Now, if I right click on a file and select open with, and then Opal, my files open ok. What do I have to do to get them to open in Word. Thanks for any answers. hwillett

so I downloaded a program called Opal Office http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?... As for re-associating .doc files (or whatever) with MS Office, follow this instruction: Go to Control Panel > Default Programs > Associate File Type and scroll down to the extension you want and select the program you want to use. i_Xp/VistaUser