Microsoft Office isn’t default program message

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[blueboy714]

I have Microsoft Office Professional 2013 for my Windows 10 PC and I just started getting this message in MS Word 2013 this morning although it has been a few days since I used Word.

“Microsoft Word isn’t your default program for viewing and editing documents.  Do you want to select the file types that Word should open?”

I checked my default apps by file type and all of the related documents related to MS Word, OpenOffice Writer, LibreOffice Writer, etc. are all set to Word 2013.

This isn’t happening with any of my other MS Office programs (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)

The last Windows Updates I did were for 2022-05 cumulative updates when AW gave the all clear (DEFCON-4).

How do I get rid of this message besides just telling it not to show up?

Thanks

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At Settings, Apps, Default apps try the last option; Set defaults by app.

Select Word, then Manage and ensure that all 12 expected filetypes do have Word chosen.

How to Choose Default Apps to Open Files with in Windows 10 — Set Defaults by App in Settings

.rtf is a likely culprit:

[Fix] Word isn’t your default program for viewing and editing documents

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Thanks b – that did the trick.  I thought I did that but there were a couple of expected filetypes that changed to OpenOffice Writer.

Custom Build - Intel i5 9400 5 Core CPU & ASUS TUF Z390 Plus Motherboard
Edition Windows 10 Home
Version 22H2

Dell Laptop - Inspiron 15 11th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 Processor
Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 23H2

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