Opening .doc and .docx files in Pages

I've been trying to make pages a default application to open .doc and .docx files instead of Textedit, but couldn't find a way?
any help?

Select a document in the Finder, choose Get Info from the File menu, specify Pages under Open With, click on Change All, and confirm this action.
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A Google search using the terms <document "could not be opened" iwork"> turns up two possible solutions:
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The first discussion's solution is to delete/reinstall/update iWork. The second is to edit the underlying code within the document and remove any Unicode characters.
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(Problem) Grey empty Word window shows up while opening .doc or .docx files with virtual Internet Explorer 9

Hi,
First i'll explain what i did.
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"Word.Document.12"=hex(0):
"Word.Document.8"=hex(0):
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Sometimes when i open the .doc or .docx file it opens without the grey empty word window. It seems like it's happening randomly.
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Made some changes in the registry so .doc and .docx files will open in the virtual IE browser.
Here are my changes made to the registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Word.Document.8]
"BrowserFlags"=dword:80000024
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Word.RTF.8]
"BrowserFlags"=dword:80000024
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Word.Document.12]
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Word.DocumentMacroEnabled.12]
"BrowserFlags"=dword:80000024
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\AttachmentExecute\{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
"Word.Document.12"=hex(0):
"Word.Document.8"=hex(0):
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My document opens in the browser as expected but, at the same time an empty grey Word window appears at the background.
The grey window shows not all the time when opening a .docx or .doc file , this is whats so strange about it.
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I also tested it out with .xlsx files (Excel) but this go's all well.
Before i forget, this all runs on a Windows 7 Enterprise environment.
Does anyone know what causes my problem, or can anyone help me?
Kind regards,
Martijn

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