Re: [OT] doc files on XP
Judith,
A simple method would be to right click on the .doc file. Click
Properties. Then under "Type of file:" clicke Change... Then select the
program that you want to use to open the .doc file.
Terry
Judith Evans wrote:
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> posted by: Judith Evans <camping at ccewb.net>
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> 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.
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> 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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