Re: [OT] doc files on XP
Judith Evans wrote:
>
> 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?
Hello there,
That's funny, i migrated exactly the same way and my .doc files
all read ok. I tried several from many years back and they all
seem to open just fine.
Im using XP-Pro-SP1 right now. I sometimes use SP2 too, so i'll
retry with that at some point, but i've had both for quite some
time now and never noticed anything funny about .doc files (yet).
Take care,
Al
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