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Old 10-15-2014, 11:07 PM
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gmayor gmayor is offline How to force reassociation of .doc files from Word 2003 to Word 2007? Windows 7 64bit How to force reassociation of .doc files from Word 2003 to Word 2007? Office 2010 32bit
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Unless you address the registry settings, Word 2003 will simply grab back its associations next time 2003 is opened. See http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm which should help you get it sorted. Note that Office updates may screw up your preferences.
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