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Word 2003 won't open document created in a previous version
My husband's laptop has Office 2003 on it. Since the newest update he has
been unable to open a document that was attached to an email. He can open it on his desktop that has Office XP on it but not on his laptop. I have tried saving the document before opening it, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem either. The error message says the following: You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting. I have no idea how to solve this one as we have not had this problem until recently. Thanks |
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Word 2003 won't open document created in a previous version
See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922849 "You receive an error
message when you try to open or to save a file type that was blocked by your registry policy settings in Word 2007 or in Word 2003". Gramma N wrote: My husband's laptop has Office 2003 on it. Since the newest update he has been unable to open a document that was attached to an email. He can open it on his desktop that has Office XP on it but not on his laptop. I have tried saving the document before opening it, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem either. The error message says the following: You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting. I have no idea how to solve this one as we have not had this problem until recently. Thanks |
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Word 2003 won't open document created in a previous version
Well, I read the article and there is no way I will mess with my registry.
If I understand what this article is telling me, it sounds like someone would have had to block the opening of this file type in Word 2003. Or did something change when they did the 2003 Service Pack 3 recently? I'm not at all happy with what has happened, if that is the case. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922849 "You receive an error message when you try to open or to save a file type that was blocked by your registry policy settings in Word 2007 or in Word 2003". Gramma N wrote: My husband's laptop has Office 2003 on it. Since the newest update he has been unable to open a document that was attached to an email. He can open it on his desktop that has Office XP on it but not on his laptop. I have tried saving the document before opening it, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem either. The error message says the following: You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting. I have no idea how to solve this one as we have not had this problem until recently. Thanks |
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Word 2003 won't open document created in a previous version
SP3 for Office 2003 blocked certain older file types.
Gramma N wrote: Well, I read the article and there is no way I will mess with my registry. If I understand what this article is telling me, it sounds like someone would have had to block the opening of this file type in Word 2003. Or did something change when they did the 2003 Service Pack 3 recently? I'm not at all happy with what has happened, if that is the case. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922849 "You receive an error message when you try to open or to save a file type that was blocked by your registry policy settings in Word 2007 or in Word 2003". Gramma N wrote: My husband's laptop has Office 2003 on it. Since the newest update he has been unable to open a document that was attached to an email. He can open it on his desktop that has Office XP on it but not on his laptop. I have tried saving the document before opening it, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem either. The error message says the following: You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting. I have no idea how to solve this one as we have not had this problem until recently. Thanks |
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Word 2003 won't open document created in a previous version
Thank you so much for answering this.
I figured that was probably the problem and I am not a bit pleased with the fact that this Service Pack broke something that was working very well before. I hope there are enough complaints that the ability to open older files will be restored without the customer having to resort to modifying their registry file. Thanks "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: SP3 for Office 2003 blocked certain older file types. Gramma N wrote: Well, I read the article and there is no way I will mess with my registry. If I understand what this article is telling me, it sounds like someone would have had to block the opening of this file type in Word 2003. Or did something change when they did the 2003 Service Pack 3 recently? I'm not at all happy with what has happened, if that is the case. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922849 "You receive an error message when you try to open or to save a file type that was blocked by your registry policy settings in Word 2007 or in Word 2003". Gramma N wrote: My husband's laptop has Office 2003 on it. Since the newest update he has been unable to open a document that was attached to an email. He can open it on his desktop that has Office XP on it but not on his laptop. I have tried saving the document before opening it, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem either. The error message says the following: You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting. I have no idea how to solve this one as we have not had this problem until recently. Thanks |
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Word 2003 won't open document created in a previous version
Why the irrational fear of editing the registry? All you would be doing is
following a set of clear instructions to add an extra line of command to what is essentially a large ini file - how hard can that be? The chances of Microsoft changing their policy related to potential security issues are slim to nil. They have suffered far too much flak from those who complained that they paid scant attention to security in the past. So, either you edit the registry or you don't open the file. The alternative is to roll back Windows to before the time you added the service pack - but that has other security implications. So take your pick which you prefer. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gramma N wrote: Thank you so much for answering this. I figured that was probably the problem and I am not a bit pleased with the fact that this Service Pack broke something that was working very well before. I hope there are enough complaints that the ability to open older files will be restored without the customer having to resort to modifying their registry file. Thanks "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: SP3 for Office 2003 blocked certain older file types. Gramma N wrote: Well, I read the article and there is no way I will mess with my registry. If I understand what this article is telling me, it sounds like someone would have had to block the opening of this file type in Word 2003. Or did something change when they did the 2003 Service Pack 3 recently? I'm not at all happy with what has happened, if that is the case. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922849 "You receive an error message when you try to open or to save a file type that was blocked by your registry policy settings in Word 2007 or in Word 2003". Gramma N wrote: My husband's laptop has Office 2003 on it. Since the newest update he has been unable to open a document that was attached to an email. He can open it on his desktop that has Office XP on it but not on his laptop. I have tried saving the document before opening it, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem either. The error message says the following: You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting. I have no idea how to solve this one as we have not had this problem until recently. Thanks |
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Word 2003 won't open document created in a previous version
Doesn't seem so "irrational" to me when there are multiple dire warnings in
the article not to mess with the registry unless you know how to fix it once it is broke. I don't, so I won't mess with it. Seems like that is a fairly wise decision on my part. Didn't ask you for your opinion and don't appreciate your nasty response. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Why the irrational fear of editing the registry? All you would be doing is following a set of clear instructions to add an extra line of command to what is essentially a large ini file - how hard can that be? The chances of Microsoft changing their policy related to potential security issues are slim to nil. They have suffered far too much flak from those who complained that they paid scant attention to security in the past. So, either you edit the registry or you don't open the file. The alternative is to roll back Windows to before the time you added the service pack - but that has other security implications. So take your pick which you prefer. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gramma N wrote: Thank you so much for answering this. I figured that was probably the problem and I am not a bit pleased with the fact that this Service Pack broke something that was working very well before. I hope there are enough complaints that the ability to open older files will be restored without the customer having to resort to modifying their registry file. Thanks "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: SP3 for Office 2003 blocked certain older file types. Gramma N wrote: Well, I read the article and there is no way I will mess with my registry. If I understand what this article is telling me, it sounds like someone would have had to block the opening of this file type in Word 2003. Or did something change when they did the 2003 Service Pack 3 recently? I'm not at all happy with what has happened, if that is the case. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922849 "You receive an error message when you try to open or to save a file type that was blocked by your registry policy settings in Word 2007 or in Word 2003". Gramma N wrote: My husband's laptop has Office 2003 on it. Since the newest update he has been unable to open a document that was attached to an email. He can open it on his desktop that has Office XP on it but not on his laptop. I have tried saving the document before opening it, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem either. The error message says the following: You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting. I have no idea how to solve this one as we have not had this problem until recently. Thanks |
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Shooting the messenger is not going to solve your problem, so get over
yourself! There was nothing nasty about my response. If you don't want opinions, don't ask for help in a public forum! The answer to your question as provided by Microsoft is to make a minor edit to the registry for which explicit instructions are provided. Every time you use software or install a new application entries will made made or changed in the registry. All you are doing here is making a similar edit manually. If you don't want to do that I have provided an alternative that should work without any requirement to manually edit the registry - though the registry edit is safer. As with any advice, you can choose to use it or ignore it as you wish. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gramma N wrote: Doesn't seem so "irrational" to me when there are multiple dire warnings in the article not to mess with the registry unless you know how to fix it once it is broke. I don't, so I won't mess with it. Seems like that is a fairly wise decision on my part. Didn't ask you for your opinion and don't appreciate your nasty response. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Why the irrational fear of editing the registry? All you would be doing is following a set of clear instructions to add an extra line of command to what is essentially a large ini file - how hard can that be? The chances of Microsoft changing their policy related to potential security issues are slim to nil. They have suffered far too much flak from those who complained that they paid scant attention to security in the past. So, either you edit the registry or you don't open the file. The alternative is to roll back Windows to before the time you added the service pack - but that has other security implications. So take your pick which you prefer. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Gramma N wrote: Thank you so much for answering this. I figured that was probably the problem and I am not a bit pleased with the fact that this Service Pack broke something that was working very well before. I hope there are enough complaints that the ability to open older files will be restored without the customer having to resort to modifying their registry file. Thanks "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: SP3 for Office 2003 blocked certain older file types. Gramma N wrote: Well, I read the article and there is no way I will mess with my registry. If I understand what this article is telling me, it sounds like someone would have had to block the opening of this file type in Word 2003. Or did something change when they did the 2003 Service Pack 3 recently? I'm not at all happy with what has happened, if that is the case. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922849 "You receive an error message when you try to open or to save a file type that was blocked by your registry policy settings in Word 2007 or in Word 2003". Gramma N wrote: My husband's laptop has Office 2003 on it. Since the newest update he has been unable to open a document that was attached to an email. He can open it on his desktop that has Office XP on it but not on his laptop. I have tried saving the document before opening it, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem either. The error message says the following: You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting. I have no idea how to solve this one as we have not had this problem until recently. Thanks |
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On Oct 28, 1:50 pm, Gramma N
wrote: Doesn't seem so "irrational" to me when there are multiple dire warnings in the article not to mess with the registry unless you know how to fix it once it is broke. I don't, so I won't mess with it. Seems like that is a fairly wise decision on my part. Didn't ask you for your opinion and don't appreciate your nasty response. "Graham Mayor" wrote: Why the irrational fear of editing the registry? All you would be doing is following a set of clear instructions to add an extra line of command to what is essentially a large ini file - how hard can that be? The chances of Microsoft changing their policy related to potential security issues are slim to nil. They have suffered far too much flak from those who complained that they paid scant attention to security in the past. So, either you edit the registry or you don't open the file. The alternative is to roll back Windows to before the time you added the service pack - but that has other security implications. So take your pick which you prefer. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web sitewww.gmayor.com Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org Gramma N wrote: Thank you so much for answering this. I figured that was probably the problem and I am not a bit pleased with the fact that this Service Pack broke something that was working very well before. I hope there are enough complaints that the ability to open older files will be restored without the customer having to resort to modifying their registry file. Thanks "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: SP3 for Office 2003 blocked certain older file types. Gramma N wrote: Well, I read the article and there is no way I will mess with my registry. If I understand what this article is telling me, it sounds like someone would have had to block the opening of this file type in Word 2003. Or did something change when they did the 2003 Service Pack 3 recently? I'm not at all happy with what has happened, if that is the case. "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: Seehttp://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922849"You receive an error message when you try to open or to save a file type that was blocked by your registry policy settings in Word 2007 or in Word 2003". Gramma N wrote: My husband's laptop has Office 2003 on it. Since the newest update he has been unable to open a document that was attached to an email. He can open it on his desktop that has Office XP on it but not on his laptop. I have tried saving the document before opening it, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem either. The error message says the following: You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in this version by your registry policy setting. I have no idea how to solve this one as we have not had this problem until recently. Thanks- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I agree with you. In my case I have an office of 25 people who have created tens of thousands of documents that have to be referred to years after creation. While editing the registry as outlined in the KB article works, it is not practical to move a document to an unrestricted folder each time it is needed. Also, many of our files have been zipped for archiving and maintaining some order that we can not now just double-click on the zip file, locate the doc and double- click on it to open. No, have to unzip it and save it to an unrestricted folder each time. The other knowledge base articles about this problem do not work because the registry entries do not exist as claimed or the administrators template something makes no sense to me and I am afraid to screw everything up. I am very ticked which I am sure a lot of other people will be when they run across this. One work around I found today was a use for Open Office writer I have installed to test out. It has no problem opening up the older files Word will not open allowing me to save it so Word will open it. This is OOO version 2.3. |
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