From Wordpad to Microsoft Word?

Somehow all of my Microsoft Word files were converted to wordpad files. I'm wondering how to set Microsoft Word to the default program.

From Wordpad to Microsoft Word?virus protection software

hmm have you tried updateing your cpu?

From Wordpad to Microsoft Word?adware

Go to Windows Explorer. click Tools, Folder Options. Click on the File Types tab and scroll down to DOC. Click Advanced, remove the existing WordPad associations. If Word isn't listed there, click New and enter word: give it a name like "MS Word" and browse for the appropriate file, probably C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\winword.exe
That's odd
Right Click on any word file while pressing shift choose open with now select Microsoft Word, a diologe box pop ups,

check use this program to for this type of file.

This might work

best of luck.
Are these .rft (Rich-Text-Format) files? If so, then wordpad is the default program that opens them if you don't have Word installed.

Now, for some odd reason it defaults to Wordpad and you do have Word install. Then do this.

1. Go to one of the files, right click it, then choose Properties.

2. You see a button that says Change, click on that and select Word as your default application, and click OK.
you don't need a converter, you just need to set the default program for .doc files to use MS Word.