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11-27-2007
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| | Vista Still can't open documents Me again. I did an e-mail test and I was able to open my pictures, but again with my documents, none of them would open. I tried the older format and all the other ones too. I have no idea what to do. Please help! And thanks to Gary and Mac MVP  |
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11-28-2007
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| | Re: Vista Still can't open documents What happens when you try to open the attachment? Any error message? The documents that fail to open, are they all .DOC types? -- Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2F2DCA73-6228-4B86-8AFD-D05FF3FE4BE9@xxxxxx Quote: > Me again. I did an e-mail test and I was able to open my pictures, but again > with my documents, none of them would open. I tried the older format and all > the other ones too. I have no idea what to do. Please help! And thanks to > Gary and Mac MVP |
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11-28-2007
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| | Re: Vista Still can't open documents I tried every format (.DOC, .wps, .doc.wps) and I kept getting the same message that the file couldn't be opened because I didn't have the file couldn't be converted or the file was in use in another program or the file was corrupted. The only time it would open was when I saved a document as text. "Gary VanderMolen" wrote: Quote: > What happens when you try to open the attachment? Any error message? > The documents that fail to open, are they all .DOC types? > > -- > Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] > > > "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2F2DCA73-6228-4B86-8AFD-D05FF3FE4BE9@xxxxxx Quote: > > Me again. I did an e-mail test and I was able to open my pictures, but again > > with my documents, none of them would open. I tried the older format and all > > the other ones too. I have no idea what to do. Please help! And thanks to > > Gary and Mac MVP > > |
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11-28-2007
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: Vista Still can't open documents  Quote: Originally Posted by southerngrl  I tried every format (.DOC, .wps, .doc.wps) and I kept getting the same message that the file couldn't be opened because I didn't have the file couldn't be converted or the file was in use in another program or the file was corrupted. The only time it would open was when I saved a document as text. If you do not have Microsoft Word (not Wordpad) installed, then this free program will allow you to view these file types and more. You can read about and download it from here. TextMaker Viewer - Free Document Viewer for .doc, .odt, .tmd, .rtf and more Shawn |
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11-28-2007
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| | Re: Vista Still can't open documents Are you talking about attachments you have emailed to yourself or ones emailed to you from other people? I don't quite get your comment about trying every format. Are you changing the format by merely renaming the file extension? That won't work. The extension of a document (.DOC, .WPS, .XLS, etc.) should be created by the program that created the document. Also, in order to open a document received as an attached from others you must have the same program installed on your computer that was used by the creator of that document. There are exceptions to that general rule, but let's not go into that for now. -- Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:20FF3659-AC52-451E-B17F-59513DB895E5@xxxxxx Quote: >I tried every format (.DOC, .wps, .doc.wps) and I kept getting the same > message that the file couldn't be opened because I didn't have the file > couldn't be converted or the file was in use in another program or the file > was corrupted. The only time it would open was when I saved a document as > text. > > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote: > Quote: >> What happens when you try to open the attachment? Any error message? >> The documents that fail to open, are they all .DOC types? >> >> -- >> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] >> >> >> "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:2F2DCA73-6228-4B86-8AFD-D05FF3FE4BE9@xxxxxx Quote: >> > Me again. I did an e-mail test and I was able to open my pictures, but again >> > with my documents, none of them would open. I tried the older format and all >> > the other ones too. I have no idea what to do. Please help! And thanks to >> > Gary and Mac MVP >> >> |
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11-28-2007
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| | Re: Vista Still can't open documents I'll be brief. I have 2 e-mail accts, so I sent e-mails to myself and I could not open the documents. Thanks for your information. "Gary VanderMolen" wrote: Quote: > Are you talking about attachments you have emailed to yourself > or ones emailed to you from other people? > I don't quite get your comment about trying every format. Are you > changing the format by merely renaming the file extension? That > won't work. > The extension of a document (.DOC, .WPS, .XLS, etc.) should be > created by the program that created the document. Also, in order > to open a document received as an attached from others you must > have the same program installed on your computer that was used > by the creator of that document. There are exceptions to that general > rule, but let's not go into that for now. > > -- > Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] > > > "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:20FF3659-AC52-451E-B17F-59513DB895E5@xxxxxx Quote: > >I tried every format (.DOC, .wps, .doc.wps) and I kept getting the same > > message that the file couldn't be opened because I didn't have the file > > couldn't be converted or the file was in use in another program or the file > > was corrupted. The only time it would open was when I saved a document as > > text. > > > > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote: > > Quote: > >> What happens when you try to open the attachment? Any error message? > >> The documents that fail to open, are they all .DOC types? > >> > >> -- > >> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] > >> > >> > >> "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message > >> news:2F2DCA73-6228-4B86-8AFD-D05FF3FE4BE9@xxxxxx > >> > Me again. I did an e-mail test and I was able to open my pictures, but again > >> > with my documents, none of them would open. I tried the older format and all > >> > the other ones too. I have no idea what to do. Please help! And thanks to > >> > Gary and Mac MVP > >> > >> > >> > > |
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11-29-2007
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| | Re: Vista Still can't open documents I've run out of ideas as to what to suggest. Perhaps someone else has more insight in this issue. -- Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C6077BD2-4F7C-4868-8568-09713A493B79@xxxxxx Quote: > I'll be brief. I have 2 e-mail accts, so I sent e-mails to myself and I > could not open the documents. Thanks for your information. > > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote: > Quote: >> Are you talking about attachments you have emailed to yourself >> or ones emailed to you from other people? >> I don't quite get your comment about trying every format. Are you >> changing the format by merely renaming the file extension? That >> won't work. >> The extension of a document (.DOC, .WPS, .XLS, etc.) should be >> created by the program that created the document. Also, in order >> to open a document received as an attached from others you must >> have the same program installed on your computer that was used >> by the creator of that document. There are exceptions to that general >> rule, but let's not go into that for now. >> >> -- >> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] >> >> >> "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:20FF3659-AC52-451E-B17F-59513DB895E5@xxxxxx Quote: >> >I tried every format (.DOC, .wps, .doc.wps) and I kept getting the same >> > message that the file couldn't be opened because I didn't have the file >> > couldn't be converted or the file was in use in another program or the file >> > was corrupted. The only time it would open was when I saved a document as >> > text. >> > >> > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote: >> > >> >> What happens when you try to open the attachment? Any error message? >> >> The documents that fail to open, are they all .DOC types? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM] >> >> >> >> >> >> "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> >> news:2F2DCA73-6228-4B86-8AFD-D05FF3FE4BE9@xxxxxx >> >> > Me again. I did an e-mail test and I was able to open my pictures, but again >> >> > with my documents, none of them would open. I tried the older format and all >> >> > the other ones too. I have no idea what to do. Please help! And thanks to >> >> > Gary and Mac MVP >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> |
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11-29-2007
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| | Re: Vista Still can't open documents If you save the attacments to the hard drive do they open when you double click? Are you using Microsoft Word or Word Perfect (or something else)? "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C6077BD2-4F7C-4868-8568-09713A493B79@xxxxxx Quote: > I'll be brief. I have 2 e-mail accts, so I sent e-mails to myself and I > could not open the documents. Thanks for your information. > > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote: > Quote: >> Are you talking about attachments you have emailed to yourself >> or ones emailed to you from other people? >> I don't quite get your comment about trying every format. Are you >> changing the format by merely renaming the file extension? That >> won't work. >> The extension of a document (.DOC, .WPS, .XLS, etc.) should be >> created by the program that created the document. Also, in order >> to open a document received as an attached from others you must >> have the same program installed on your computer that was used >> by the creator of that document. There are exceptions to that general >> rule, but let's not go into that for now. >> >> "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:20FF3659-AC52-451E-B17F-59513DB895E5@xxxxxx Quote: >> >I tried every format (.DOC, .wps, .doc.wps) and I kept getting the same >> > message that the file couldn't be opened because I didn't have the file >> > couldn't be converted or the file was in use in another program or the >> > file >> > was corrupted. The only time it would open was when I saved a >> > document as >> > text. >> > >> > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote: >> > >> >> What happens when you try to open the attachment? Any error message? >> >> The documents that fail to open, are they all .DOC types? >> >> >> >> "southerngrl" <southerngrl@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> >> news:2F2DCA73-6228-4B86-8AFD-D05FF3FE4BE9@xxxxxx >> >> > Me again. I did an e-mail test and I was able to open my pictures, >> >> > but again >> >> > with my documents, none of them would open. I tried the older >> >> > format and all >> >> > the other ones too. I have no idea what to do. Please help! And >> >> > thanks to >> >> > Gary and Mac MVP |
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11-29-2007
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| Vista home premium 64 bit | Re: Vista Still can't open documents Have you looked at the file associations? |
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01-07-2008
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| | RE: Vista Still can't open documents Hi. I am having the EXACT same problem. I just got the new computer with Vista on it and none of my attachments open whether received OR sent..... Did you get this solved yet? "southerngrl" wrote: Quote: > Me again. I did an e-mail test and I was able to open my pictures, but again > with my documents, none of them would open. I tried the older format and all > the other ones too. I have no idea what to do. Please help! And thanks to > Gary and Mac MVP |
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