Re: Office 12.1.0 - can't open files created in Word 2003 - in Thunderbird?

Nick Bell wrote:
> As subject - after (dis)service pack 1, double-clicking a file created 
> in Word 2003 just changes the focus to Word 2008 but doesn't open the 
> file. Choosing Get Info... shows the correct application selected to 
> open the file, but it doesn't work.
> 
> Word docs created with windows and mac versions of word other than 2003 
> seem to work OK when double clicked.
> 
> Any ideas? I've seen the MacFixIt stuff, running sudo update_prebinding 
> -debug -root / -force
>  and rebooting doesn't work.
> 
> Nick
I think this may be a Thunderbird problem. .doc files can be opened by 
double clicking when downloaded using Mail.app or webmail.

(No, open with... Microsoft Word.app doesn't work either).

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.word/msg/a4fcfe8ffc06bd0a

How/why should Thunderbird be modifying files it's downloading?

Nick