Excel for Office 365 Word for Office 365 PowerPoint for Office 365 Excel 2019 Word 2019 PowerPoint 2019 Excel 2016 Word 2016 PowerPoint 2016 When you try to open an Excel workbook, a Word document or a PowerPoint presentation with Excel, Word, or PowerPoint, the following errors may occur: • The file doesn’t open in the expected application. For instance, an Excel workbook doesn’t open in Excel 2016; instead, it opens in another app or an older version of Excel. Out of office message for maternity leave. • An error indicating a file association problem may occur. For instance, you may get an error similar to “ This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action.

Please install a program or if one is already installed create an associate in the default programs control panel' -or- “ This action is only valid for products that are currently installed”. • Select Save File, and then OK. • In the upper-right browser window, select Show all downloads. In the Library, select Downloads > officefile.diagcab, and then select the folder icon. Double-click the officefile.

• The Office File Association wizard launches. Select Next and follow the prompts. Run a Quick Repair to fix the file association problem • In Control Panel, choose Programs > Programs and Features. • Next, select the Office product you want to repair and then choose Change.

By default, opening a.html file will use internet explorer but you can tell it to use something like firefox. To do this, open your control panel. Under 'Programs', look for 'Default Programs'. Click on 'Associate a file type or protocol with a specific program. From there you get a list of extensions and a button that says 'Change Program'. I have abode reader, RegCure, PDF, Micro-sofr word, ZIP File, pareto, PCPitshop and I have opened PDF this morning and then when I tried to oen it again; it gives me the message: This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Oct 21, 2016  However, I can also imagine that it could have something to do with my settings. Normally I leave Cortana off and then my choice to not allow web searching is respected. That choice is ignored if Cortana is enabled.

• Choose the Quick Repair option and then choose Repair. For more information about the repair option in Office, go to. If that doesn't resolve the issue try manually associating the files to the correct app.

Tip: In some cases you'll get your best result by uninstalling ALL versions of Office, then reinstalling just the version you want. If all else fails. You should still be able to open your file by opening the application first, then opening the file from there. To do that: • Start the program needed to access your document; Word, Excel or PowerPoint • When the program opens, click File > Open, find your file in the file navigator and open it. Still have a question about Office 2016? Visit the to see questions and answers posted by others or get answers to your own questions. We're listening!

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