[OT] doc files on XP
I got a new computer Saturday. It is XP Pro and I'm used to Win98 so I'm still
finding my way around. One very serious problem I have are files
created with WordPad in win98 and saved as filetype .doc. When I try to open
these files in
XP it thinks I want to open a Microsoft Word 6.0 document in Wordpad and
stops me! I looked in FolderTypes and it says for DOC filetypes to open with
WordPad. I've tried to rename the doc files to .rtf or .txt and that loads
them but they are unreadable. I've also tried starting WordPad and opening the
.doc file but, of course, it also presents the same error message.
I didn't let the guy that built the XP rob
my win98 for parts so I could use the win98 to open the files and convert to
.rtf or
.txt but I have 287 files and will take awhile. This will be a problem
anyway since I often get .doc files (which are not M$ Word)in zip files and they
would need to be
transferred to the win98, converted and replaced on the XP. The win98 is
starting to fail so that is not much of an option. There must be an
easier way.
Has anyone run into this when upgrading and how did you solve the problem?
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