Tom
If the files were created in Microsoft Word, then you need Word installed to
workwith those files. If you simply want to read those files and not make
any changes, there is a free Word Viewer available.
You can download the viewer here:
Download details: Word Viewer 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
"Tom" <Tom@Metroplex.com> wrote in message
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>I have several hundred .doc recipe files on my XP and they will not open
> correctly with Vista. The XP opens them with Wordpad and reads correctly.
> The Wordpad.exe file in Vista is larger, than in XP, and the files open
> as
> garbage.
>
>