Microsoft KB Archive/166059

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WV: Documents Open in Word Instead of Word Viewer on Windows NT 3.51

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Q166059

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000

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SYMPTOMS
If you are running Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000 and Microsoft Word 6.0x on Windows NT 3.51, double-clicking a document always starts Word 6.0x instead of Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000, even if you have selected the option to open documents with Word Viewer.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
The problem does not occur if you are running versions of Windows NT that are later than 3.51 or versions of Microsoft Word that are later than 6.0x.

NOTE: If you select the option to open documents with Word Viewer, .rtf (Rich Text Format) files are opened in Word Viewer.