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How to force Word to open an unnamed doc when double-clicking a custom template (.dotx)
Hello. I have not used custom templates for many years; however, I remember that it used to be that once you created a template and saved it *as a template* (now .dotx) when you would double-click that file, it would automatically open an unnamed document. Document1, Document2, Document3, etc...
I am using Office 360 and cannot seem to find an answer to how to do this. Yes, I have double checked my file type. It is .dotx. Yes, I know I can make it read only forcing a Save As. However, these are not the answers I am looking for. Is it possible to force Word to open an unnamed document from double clicking a template. I use this template a lot for my course I am taking, but it has different settings (Font, Size, Headers, Margins, etc..) than a different course I have. Want to make templates for each that I can double-click and use as needed. Can anyone help? |
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Right-click on it.
It should give some actions. The darkest one is the default action. What is it? Is that true of another template? If the default action is Open rather than New, for all templates, then I would try Quick Repair (takes 5 - 10 mins) , if that doesn't help then try Online Repair (Takes more than 30 mins but less than 1 hour in general) https://support.office.com/en-us/art...e-a6b40c5bb88b If it is the default for this template but not others, I would open the template and use File > Save As to save it as a dotx template again. |
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Bump
Replying Because I am having the same issue. Right clicking a .dotx file shows "Edit" as the darkened default option. Right clicking an excel template (.xltx) has "New" as the default option and opens a new spreadsheet as desired.
I already ran quick repair (no effect) and plan on running online repair tonight when I leave work. Using Windows 10 Pro and Office 365. |
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Right back in the online repair does not fix it.
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I would have thought this was an issue that would be fixed by re-registering Word. See Charles' instruction page here http://www.addbalance.com/word/reregister.htm
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Ran the online repair and tried re registering Word. Neither fixed the issue. Files with .dotx still open in word and edit the template rather than opening a new instance.
Is that the intentded function? I've made tons of excel templates and they always open a new instance when double clicking the file. I expected word templates would work the same. |
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Update: Tried changing my file to a .dot and a .dotm. Both of these have "New" as the darkened bold option when I right click and open a new instance as expected. Checked shell registry keys for all three file types and they're all configued to open new....so I'm not sure why .dot and .dotm are working correctly and the .dotx is not.
At any rate, the Macro Enabled Template will work for the moment. Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Steps to check file assosciations and registry key entries: http://icrontic.com/discussion/85241 Registry keys: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Word. Template.8\shell Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Word. Template.12\shell Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Word. TemplateMacroEnabled.12\shell |
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Do not make the change to .dot from .dotx or .dotm from Windows. You must use SaveAs withing Word.
The designed way for templates to work in Word is to create a new document based on and attached to the template.Templates in Microsoft Word What is the relationship between a Microsoft Word document and its template? |
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Fix in Registry
I had the same problem (double-click on an .dotx file opened the template in edit mode, instead creating an new document), and fixed it with this steps:
1. Open Registry Editor (Win+R, type "regedit", OK) 2. Open node "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" 3. Scroll down to find the file extension ".dotx" 4. Under ".dotx", i had a sub-node "OpenWithProgids". In this node I had a key "AppX7fwc15xee6p472wfc9xdvg9097qheffa". BE SURE THAT THIS PROGID is IDENTICALLY ON YOUR SYSTEM. Otherwise continue with the string you found in your key. 5. Find in Registry (Ctrl+F) for "AppX7fwc15xee6p472wfc9xdvg9097qheffa" (OR YOUR KEY STRING) 6. If you can find a node, continue. If not: That's not the Solution for your, SORRY 07. Open node "AppX7fwc15xee6p472wfc9xdvg9097qheffa". There is a sub-node "Shell". Under "Shell you have more nodes like "Edit", "New", "open" etc. 08. On node "Shell", you have a Key with name "(Default)", Data="open". --> Modify that, set value to "New". Click on OK button. Test the solution: Go to a .dotx file. RIGHT-click on it. in the context-menu, the bold (default) command should be "New". If you double-click on the .dotx file, Word opens with a new "Document1" |
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I expect this worked for you. Thank you for posting it. That said, in most cases the reregistering or online repair will fix the problem, though. If dealing with the registry, it is important to save a backup first. |
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Hello, I am very sorry for the massive bump. I am a IT technician for a university and I had received the exact same situation: .dotx would not open as a new document (only edit). I had spent several hours troubleshooting this ordeal, including all the techniques described on this thread. However, below is how I resolved the ordeal:
Who was impacted? 34 computers impacted with .dotx error with >300 unimpacted; 28 running Windows 10 Enterprise with Office 2019 ProPlus. Additionally, 6 running Windows 10 Education with a Office 365 A3 for students. All computers on Build 2004 64-bit, running 64-bit versions of Office products, and running Symantec Endpoint Protection for antivirus. 2 computers impacted had local administrator users with the rest lacking administrative access. tl;dr Win10 with Office 2019 ProPlus + Win10 with O365. How did you resolve your errorr? 1. Open Registry Editor with administrator 2. Open node "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" 3. Scroll down to find the file extension ".dotx" 4. Right click on ".dotx" and export the entire branch "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dotx" 5. Right click on ".dotx" and delete entire branch Test the solution: Double click on any '.dotx' file and see if it is a new document or not. You may have to reaffiliate .dotx with Office which can be done with Guessed's hyperlink: My docs open in the wrong program! Re-registering Word using the commandline. I hope this helped for you. If it didn't, you can double click the previously exported ".reg" file to configure things to exactly how it was before deleting this directory. |
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