Pages only opens document through File Open

Im having a problem where .doc files I have downloaded do not open in Pages when I double click them. I see the animation and the application switches to Pages but then no window appears.
However, if I am in Pages and click File > Open > thefile.doc, it opens without issues.
I have it set to Pages as the default application. Documents just will not appear when I double click on them..
Any ideas?

It sounds like your Launch Services database is corrupt. This happens more often than you would expect. I would use a tool such as OnyX to delete the caches & rebuild the database.

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