[TUTORIAL] How to set WORD as the DEFAULT Program to Open Word Documents in Windows 10

Is your Microsoft Word document opening in the wrong program? Here's how to permanently set your Word documents to open in Microsoft Word by default each time.
It's super easy! Just follow my instructions for changing .doc and .docx files to open in Microsoft Word automatically. This tutorial is for Windows 10, but the basic concept can also be applied to Windows 8, 7, Vista, or XP. It doesn't matter which version of Microsoft Office you are using. This will set the default program for Word for any version.
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  • @Pattycakedoll
    @Pattycakedoll Жыл бұрын

    Took me less than a minute from Google search to your video to changing the program I could open a document from / to. (In my case from word to open office.) Thanks for this video.

  • @josephgatere7616
    @josephgatere76162 жыл бұрын

    BIG THANK YOU!!! Struggled with it for long

  • @erikagumidam4400
    @erikagumidam44002 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!! You're such a big help! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @kjab7860
    @kjab78602 ай бұрын

    Never seen a simpler and more effective tutorial. GG dude

  • @jamaikapenote9816
    @jamaikapenote9816 Жыл бұрын

    You're a savior. Thank you so much! I'm gonna subscribe for that.

  • @syakirahsyahrain6451
    @syakirahsyahrain64513 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! It helps a lot

  • @zeea320
    @zeea320 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this, brilliant plain and simple ….thank you bro 🙏🙏🙏

  • @shahidny3184
    @shahidny318415 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video . I was having problem to open my pdf file . I been through so many videos , no one explaining like how you did so quickly . I fixed my problem.

  • @baayandbakool8379
    @baayandbakool8379 Жыл бұрын

    Helpful! Thank you.

  • @jam9691
    @jam9691 Жыл бұрын

    it definitely helped me. thank you so much!

  • @haneeshahoney7956
    @haneeshahoney79563 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot man.... U helped me 👍😊

  • @nosharabrown4709
    @nosharabrown470910 ай бұрын

    I really appreciate your help.Thank you.

  • @brainierthokchom
    @brainierthokchom2 ай бұрын

    Thank you. It just really work.

  • @chenleyi
    @chenleyi2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!!!!! bro,this problem has anoyed me so much ,you save my day

  • @irenegates5669
    @irenegates56698 ай бұрын

    thank you I tried everything to make word my default program and your way worked. I liked when all programs came with an option to unistall program with it - again thank you

  • @sampada_7
    @sampada_710 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for the help🙏

  • @ayewayewrichard5468
    @ayewayewrichard54686 ай бұрын

    You just saved me at the office. Thank you for this

  • @binoykujur9566
    @binoykujur95664 ай бұрын

    Thank you Sir, it was helpful indeed

  • @al-aminshikder2984
    @al-aminshikder29845 ай бұрын

    Thank You, Sir. It helped me a lot

  • @hoteltrivago9504
    @hoteltrivago9504 Жыл бұрын

    fully explained ggez thanks ma dude

  • @fireripper2498
    @fireripper24983 жыл бұрын

    Thanks man, it helped a lot.

  • @OfficeTutorials123

    @OfficeTutorials123

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped!

  • @karenpage706
    @karenpage7063 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, it helps very much!

  • @OfficeTutorials123

    @OfficeTutorials123

    3 жыл бұрын

    Happy to hear it helped! :)

  • @andreiciupitu5074
    @andreiciupitu5074 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @rahuldasgupta1483
    @rahuldasgupta1483 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you mate 😊

  • @Danila192
    @Danila19227 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @dominiksterusky3444
    @dominiksterusky344411 ай бұрын

    You saved me, thank you ur the goat!

  • @ceciliavideoph5452
    @ceciliavideoph5452 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @jerrys.3317
    @jerrys.3317 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a bunch!

  • @lloydwarden3758
    @lloydwarden37586 ай бұрын

    You're the man! It worked. Thanks!

  • @abialtarpappalan3595
    @abialtarpappalan35957 ай бұрын

    thanks man, i hope this will be great on win 11

  • @Phoen_xD
    @Phoen_xD Жыл бұрын

    my problem is that i dont have word but I know that I can use Microsoft edge instead and I've been trying to use it to solve a homework from uni but everytime I download it the path send me to re-download the file again

  • @ethanndhlovu2205
    @ethanndhlovu2205 Жыл бұрын

    Worked perfectly... Zambia 🇿🇲

  • @stephencarver7448
    @stephencarver74482 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! Thank you...although you could just add....It is possible, (when you click on properties), that the app displayed as the one which will open your file might be lying, (as I found), and needs setting again to ACTUALLY be the correct one. i.e. my properties window was displaying WORD as being set to open my word files, BUT was Open Office, (which I had recently installed), and had hijacked all of my word files! I followed your insstructions in spite of it telling me it was already set to have Word open the files and I reset it to word...and hey presto all the icons on my PC changed from Open Office back to Word! Hoorah!

  • @ahmed22abbasdd
    @ahmed22abbasdd7 ай бұрын

    Thanks Brother

  • @lukasetter5270
    @lukasetter52702 жыл бұрын

    Thank you soooo much

  • @ovxrts
    @ovxrts Жыл бұрын

    I know I am a year late but when I look up "word" in my start menu it just doesn't show up at all. The only thing that shows up is word pad. IS there any way I can fix this?

  • @dculbersondal
    @dculbersondal Жыл бұрын

    Hello. I have WORD on my iMac. Evidently I hit a key on the keyboard by mistake and when I go to open a default doc to create something, the default doc is very tiny in the middle of the screen. I've played around with different keys and nothing seems to get it back to the original default size. Help!! Thanks......

  • @Soldier-ll9cn
    @Soldier-ll9cn Жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate

  • @johnsonmunisi8705
    @johnsonmunisi8705 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 👍💯 💯

  • @paulafranklin7937
    @paulafranklin79372 жыл бұрын

    listened twice then figured out that I had to right-click on the document to come to the test file properties then I got it little work but thanks figured it out , within 28 seconds of video

  • @waywivewordzpublishingedit7397
    @waywivewordzpublishingedit7397 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @ryanjaycalahat1876
    @ryanjaycalahat18762 жыл бұрын

    thanks a lot bro

  • @anishmathew6466
    @anishmathew64662 ай бұрын

    Installed office 360. Followed your instructions to the T but still not opening. Please help

  • @braveboy1
    @braveboy14 ай бұрын

    How do I turn it back to normal without going in on the file with word?

  • @andilala3448
    @andilala34482 жыл бұрын

    Tanks you..,,!

  • @user-th5zp1ot8h
    @user-th5zp1ot8h Жыл бұрын

    Bhai i got my folder deleted how to restore it, it's not in the recycle bin either, please help

  • @afellowfollower6152
    @afellowfollower6152 Жыл бұрын

    how do i make my notes into files for mods?

  • @grantgames4637
    @grantgames4637 Жыл бұрын

    I don't have word listed. I have the online version of office 365 installed to my PC. And it won't work

  • @sakshithreddypalupunoori7777
    @sakshithreddypalupunoori77772 жыл бұрын

    Change option is not coming man

  • @drenaflinn9393
    @drenaflinn93933 жыл бұрын

    YOU ARE A GREAT MAN..... GOD BLESS YOU!!!

  • @jaimebenedict6440

    @jaimebenedict6440

    2 жыл бұрын

    You probably dont give a damn but does any of you know of a trick to log back into an instagram account..? I stupidly lost the login password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me!

  • @arturosincere483

    @arturosincere483

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Jaime Benedict Instablaster :)

  • @jaimebenedict6440

    @jaimebenedict6440

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Arturo Sincere I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and I'm trying it out now. I see it takes a while so I will get back to you later with my results.

  • @jaimebenedict6440

    @jaimebenedict6440

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Arturo Sincere It worked and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thank you so much you really help me out!

  • @arturosincere483

    @arturosincere483

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Jaime Benedict happy to help =)

  • @yohaanbesoya7893
    @yohaanbesoya78932 жыл бұрын

    my right click doesnt work... any suggestions?

  • @brianprovo9178
    @brianprovo91783 жыл бұрын

    problem solved thanks

  • @mohamedrauoff
    @mohamedrauoff2 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @akshaythakur5150
    @akshaythakur51502 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou kind male human :)

  • @canbe842
    @canbe842 Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial. Clear and concise. However, here is my situation . . . I have Windows 10. I want to have my documents automatically open in Google Chrome every time because, currently, when I choose to open a document, it automatically opens in Word format and during that conversion process the text reformats with random characters, missing text, etc. To avoid that problem I choose the 'open with Google Chrome' format option and the text then appears clean - no random conversion errors/changes. How can I automatically set up Google Chrome as the 'open with' default so I won't need to go through this frustrating process each time? Thank you for your time and expertise.

  • @Ayushman__Prasad
    @Ayushman__Prasad2 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much

  • @OfficeTutorials123

    @OfficeTutorials123

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! Glad the video helped! :)

  • @nurwirhana4861
    @nurwirhana48613 жыл бұрын

    didnt work for me. it always open on google

  • @dennisbrucemasayon786
    @dennisbrucemasayon786 Жыл бұрын

    My problem is that if i click any word file it will prompt "how do you want to open .docx file" i will click ms word and then nothing happens. I know the file is not corrupt because if i open ms word and open that certain file through ms word it open normally, its a bit annoying because instead of clicking on the file directly i would now have to open ms word and then manually find that file

  • @OfficeTutorials123

    @OfficeTutorials123

    Жыл бұрын

    When you right click on the Word file and select properties, what program does it show as the default? You may follow the steps in the video, even if it shows Word as the default still. Hopefully re-applying the Default Program settings manually will help.

  • @angads.9819
    @angads.98193 жыл бұрын

    Can u please tell how disable it. Like every file I open, it open on word and i hate that

  • @hari5723

    @hari5723

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @hari5723

    @hari5723

    3 жыл бұрын

    Any solution pls

  • @chanjiratopcare9843
    @chanjiratopcare98432 жыл бұрын

    How to convert ALL "doc" files saved on a computer to "docx" in one go?

  • @zahracans9143
    @zahracans9143 Жыл бұрын

    Link?

  • @vijaykrishnarajeev2687
    @vijaykrishnarajeev26872 жыл бұрын

    Mam I have two version of word 1st 2007 word and another is of 2019 version so when go for default app it shows only word 2007 . Plz help 😭😩😩🙏

  • @OfficeTutorials123

    @OfficeTutorials123

    2 жыл бұрын

    You will probably need to scroll down to where it says "more apps" and then if you still don't see it, scroll down some more and select "Look for another app on this PC", and then find where the Word 2019 is located on your computer in the Program Files.

  • @mayanksharma-hg2dj

    @mayanksharma-hg2dj

    2 жыл бұрын

    same issue bro.

  • @FG_Furious_Gamer
    @FG_Furious_Gamer2 жыл бұрын

    :) ty!

  • @alawysyaiful3673
    @alawysyaiful36733 ай бұрын

    Why my case, I can't do that

  • @Ilovecanadians
    @Ilovecanadians3 жыл бұрын

    it doesn't give me any option to change any program

  • @OfficeTutorials123

    @OfficeTutorials123

    3 жыл бұрын

    After right clicking - Properties - General tab - Change button, you should see a list of programs too choose from in a pop up. If you don' see any programs or don't see the right one, you can scroll down and select "More Apps" to search more. I'm not sure what you're seeing, but I hope that helps.

  • @Bailey-ib9js
    @Bailey-ib9js2 жыл бұрын

    i have word but it dosnt show up on the list

  • @OfficeTutorials123

    @OfficeTutorials123

    2 жыл бұрын

    You may have to scroll down to more programs and find the root folder location to where Microsoft office is located. Usually in c drive, programs, and find word in the Microsoft office root folder.

  • @shakirhussain3177
    @shakirhussain31772 ай бұрын

    Thanks problem solved

  • @abrahamermias3854
    @abrahamermias38546 ай бұрын

    greate

  • @abdullahalmamun6903
    @abdullahalmamun69033 жыл бұрын

    THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSZ

  • @JosannaMonik
    @JosannaMonik3 жыл бұрын

    mine doesn't look like that. if i click right on notepad I have the option to click on file location. what do I do after that?

  • @OfficeTutorials123

    @OfficeTutorials123

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Moneca, make sure you are clicking on a document file and not on the Notepad program itself. Then once you click on "Properties", make sure you select the "General" tab. Hope that helps.

  • @JosannaMonik

    @JosannaMonik

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@OfficeTutorials123 I went to "settings" and "default apps" sorry i don't understand how you can just ad an app, i don't see that option.

  • @VinnyGjokaj
    @VinnyGjokaj Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, it was so annoying

  • @uncommonmix
    @uncommonmix Жыл бұрын

    How cringe is it that this is not default setting in windows 11 if u purchase windows office....

  • @tukangkomen5139
    @tukangkomen51392 жыл бұрын

    thanks to you bro

  • @aimansyahmi7124
    @aimansyahmi71242 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @lawrencecamoral
    @lawrencecamoral2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @OfficeTutorials123

    @OfficeTutorials123

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! Glad it helped!