Changed handling of Microsoft Word .doc files in Finder and Quicklook

This is happening on my new MacBook Pro with Retina Display and Mountain Lion 10.8.4.
Starting a week or 10 days ago, the appearance and behavior of .doc files in my finder changed from the .docx style to the style associated with Word 6.0/95. The application associated with .doc files has always been MS Word 2011. Before this changed, I could preview them in quicklook and the icons were not changed. Word will open the .doc files if I double click from the finder (or open them from the application's Open command) but I can't quicklook the doc. files. I have tried to change the application using the two finder methods, namely through the "Get Info" command or by control-clicking on the .doc file icon. Docx. files and all versions of other MS Office applications behave normally. This seems to be a problem with .doc files only.
An interesting thing is if I change the application to open a .doc file to Pages, the "Kind' designation in the Get Info dialog changes from MS Word 6.0/95 to "Microsoft Word 97 - 2004 document" but changing the associated application back to Word 2011 doesn't fix the problem and the description changes back to Word 6.0/95. There are different recommended applications.
All of this worked fine until a few weeks ago. The problem is on my new MacBook Pro with Retina display. I have an iMac 27 inch, latest model, and this is not happening on that machine. I have tried this in several different user accounts on my MBP and the behavior is the same in each one.
I've been working with this for a week or two, and have tried resetting quicklook preferrences and restarting the process as suggested on Macfixit and elsewhere. But the problem persists. I can't tell if this is a file association problem or a quicklook problem. Usually I find solutions here but it doesn't look like anyone else is complaining.

Baltwo, thanks for your advice and quick response. Thanks to you, I think I'm making some progress after a lot of frustration. I'm not quite "there" yet, though, so I hope I'm not imposing when I ask ask for a little more of your help and expertise.
I ran the suggested command (after deleting the space) and got the following in the Terminal window:
lsregister: [OPTIONS] [ <path>... ]
 [ -apps <domain>[,domain]... ]
 [ -libs <domain>[,domain]... ]
 [ -all <domain>[,domain]... ]
Paths are searched for applications to register with the Launch Service database.
Valid domains are "system", "local", "network" and "user". Domains can also
be specified using only the first letter.
-kill Reset the Launch Services database before doing anything else
-seed If database isn't seeded, scan default locations for applications and libraries to register
-lint Print information about plist errors while registering bundles
-convert Register apps found in older LS database files
-lazy n Sleep for n seconds before registering/scanning
-r Recursive directory scan, do not recurse into packages or invisible directories
-R Recursive directory scan, descending into packages and invisible directories
-f force-update registration even if mod date is unchanged
-u unregister instead of register
-v Display progress information
-dump Display full database contents after registration
-h Display this help
It looks like I have reset the Launch Services database but need to register or reregister my applications. Maybe run -seed or -convert? Sorry to be dense about what to do next.

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