Word templates not opening as new documents

Anonymous
2022-02-07T06:40:36+00:00

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/word-templates-not-opening-as-new-documents/36dd51b5-b434-4f2b-85be-3db9aebd45eb?page=6

The thread was closed after this last post. Registry edits were suggested. That sounds quite easy compared to dealing with the ongoing file save problem.

Would you please tell me how to manually correct the file associations in the registry?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-02-11T04:36:55+00:00

    Here is the whole page. That was dark mode, a Chrome add-on. I just cropped out the url.

    I watched the video but nothing new. When you demonstrated opening the .dotm, Word correctly opens it as DocumentN.docx or .docm depending on the save as setting (as you demonstrated).

    I fall off at the very first step. When I open the .dotm, it opens the actual template, with the full template name showing on the top bar. It's as if I right-clicked and selected "edit" in the context menu. There used to be two options, "open" and "edit." The former would give the behavior you demonstrated. The latter would open the template to allow editing. That is now the default and only option.

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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-11T04:18:03+00:00

    With your almost all black screen shot that does no display the URL, it is not possible to tell if you are in the right place or not

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    However, try this link

    https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmuIXmFDy-1azRleiH9ET2Wk-qL5?e=c3DPZg

    or as offered earlier if you contact me at email address in my signature I will send you a copy of the two files

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-11T02:48:48+00:00

    This is what I'm getting. I don't see the links. I'm using Chrome, which is updated

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  4. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-11T02:23:08+00:00

    You can't click on either of those MP4 links?

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  5. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-11T00:28:09+00:00

    However, if you contact me at the email address in my signature I will send the two videos to you.

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