.doc files became Wordpad files

My Office 2003 Pro began acting up (programs seem to want to reinstall
themselves when opening, and the work-around is annoying and takes time); so
I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. The problem did not go away, and now
all of my hundreds of .doc files have become Wordpad files and other Office
files have similarly morphed into other file types . The files can still be
opened from their respective Office programs, but they cannot be opened from
Explorer. I need a fix bad. If someone can advise me I would be grateful.

How to change file associations in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307859

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"PDLoriginal" wrote in message
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My Office 2003 Pro began acting up (programs seem to want to reinstall
themselves when opening, and the work-around is annoying and takes time);
so
I uninstalled and reinstalled Office. The problem did not go away, and
now
all of my hundreds of .doc files have become Wordpad files and other
Office
files have similarly morphed into other file types . The files can still
be
opened from their respective Office programs, but they cannot be opened
from
Explorer. I need a fix bad. If someone can advise me I would be
grateful.