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Re: [OT] doc files on XP

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Sep 03, 2006
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Juergen Luethje wrote:
> 
> 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 believe the "Wordpad" program that ships with Win XP is different from
> the one that ships with Win 98, and maybe they use different file formats.
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Try to copy the Win 98 Wordpad program to your new XP machine. If the
> old program runs on the new machine, opening the files with the old
> program is the easiest solution that I currently can think of. To avoid
> naming conflicts with the original Win XP Wordpad, it's probably best to
> rename the old program to say Wordpad98 or so.
> 
> Regards,
>    Juergen
> 
> 
> PS: For this and other reasons, I always recommend not to use proprietary
>     file formats, but to use formats such as RTF, whenever possible.


Hi again,

That doesnt explain how i can open my doc files with no problems...

I use standard text files whenever possible, unless i have to use
a UNICODE format file.


Take care,
Al

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