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Microsoft Word restores all open documents when clicking on a .DOC file

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Mar 15, 202611033 views
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Problem

I tend to have a few Word documents that I keep open all the time, with notes for a long-running project. Normally they are all minimized. The problem is that when I click on a different or file in Windows Explorer, even though the new document opens in its own window, the other, minimized Word doc…

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Fix for: Microsoft Word restores all open documents when clicking on a .DOC file

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You can fix this problem by blocking Word from using DDE to open files. In the key: Delete or rename the sub-key In the key: Delete or rename the value (not to be confused with the command key.) Edit the (Default) value and add (including quotes) at…

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