Windows XP tries to open .pdf files as Word.doc's

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From: Carson_Randal
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:02

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Does anyone know the fix for this. Suddenly, my XP system tries (unsuccessfully, of course) to open any .pdf file I click on as a Word.doc, rather than in Reader 7.0 which I have. This is out of the blue, as it's worked fine since, well, always. Now this...

Any ideas? Many thanks!

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