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

Nick Bell wrote:
> 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

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> 
> How/why should Thunderbird be modifying files it's downloading?
> 
> Nick
Mind you, there wasn't a problem before SP1 ...