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Every time I try to open a wpd file I get the following error message: The
selected text converter is an old version which will not work with the current version of Word. Reinstall the converter and try again." I have reinstalled many times with no success. How can I get rid of the "old version" that is causing this problem? |
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-- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "Tully" wrote in message ... Every time I try to open a wpd file I get the following error message: The selected text converter is an old version which will not work with the current version of Word. Reinstall the converter and try again." I have reinstalled many times with no success. How can I get rid of the "old version" that is causing this problem? |
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Which version of Word will it not work? The old filters should still work
with Word 2000-2003, unless Microsoft has slipped in yet another damned update to prevent them working. For Word 2007 you will probably have to remove the old filters manually. The filters themselves are stored in the folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv and there are associated registry entries that make them available. You will have to remove both the filters and the associated registry entries manually. In the case of the WP6 filter the file you need to remove is wpft632.cnv - renamke it to wpft632.old and the registry entry that needs removing is [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Text Converters\Import\WordPerfect6x] "Path"="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\Textconv\\wpft632.cnv" "Extensions"="doc wpd" "Name"="WordPerfect 6.x" You should then re-install the Office 2007 filters. If the Office 2007 installation says that the WP filter is installed then uninstall it and reinstall it again. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Tully wrote: Every time I try to open a wpd file I get the following error message: The selected text converter is an old version which will not work with the current version of Word. Reinstall the converter and try again." I have reinstalled many times with no success. How can I get rid of the "old version" that is causing this problem? |
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I am using Office 2003 which came installed on my computer, so I don't
understand how I could have "an old version which will not work with the current version of Word". I did have Word 97 on my previous computer so maybe something from that got transferred to this computer and is the "old version" the error message refers to. "Tully" wrote: Every time I try to open a wpd file I get the following error message: The selected text converter is an old version which will not work with the current version of Word. Reinstall the converter and try again." I have reinstalled many times with no success. How can I get rid of the "old version" that is causing this problem? |
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I would try installing this converter pack and see if it fixes the problem:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Tully" wrote in message ... I am using Office 2003 which came installed on my computer, so I don't understand how I could have "an old version which will not work with the current version of Word". I did have Word 97 on my previous computer so maybe something from that got transferred to this computer and is the "old version" the error message refers to. "Tully" wrote: Every time I try to open a wpd file I get the following error message: The selected text converter is an old version which will not work with the current version of Word. Reinstall the converter and try again." I have reinstalled many times with no success. How can I get rid of the "old version" that is causing this problem? |
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Thannks for the suggestion, but the converter pack didn't work. I have a
laptop also running Office 3000 and it opens the file just fine, but my main PC still gives me the error message in my original post. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I would try installing this converter pack and see if it fixes the problem: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Tully" wrote in message ... I am using Office 2003 which came installed on my computer, so I don't understand how I could have "an old version which will not work with the current version of Word". I did have Word 97 on my previous computer so maybe something from that got transferred to this computer and is the "old version" the error message refers to. "Tully" wrote: Every time I try to open a wpd file I get the following error message: The selected text converter is an old version which will not work with the current version of Word. Reinstall the converter and try again." I have reinstalled many times with no success. How can I get rid of the "old version" that is causing this problem? |
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Did you happen to notice Graham Mayor's reply? I suspect that you'll have to
do what he described (quoting what he said): ============================================= The filters themselves are stored in the folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv and there are associated registry entries that make them available. You will have to remove both the filters and the associated registry entries manually. In the case of the WP6 filter the file you need to remove is wpft632.cnv - renamke it to wpft632.old and the registry entry that needs removing is [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Text Converters\Import\WordPerfect6x] "Path"="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\Textconv\\wpft632.cnv" "Extensions"="doc wpd" "Name"="WordPerfect 6.x" You should then re-install the Office 2007 filters. If the Office 2007 installation says that the WP filter is installed then uninstall it and reinstall it again. =============================================== I can't tell from your previous message if you already tried what Graham said, and it didn't work, or if you missed it. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Tully" wrote in message ... Thannks for the suggestion, but the converter pack didn't work. I have a laptop also running Office 3000 and it opens the file just fine, but my main PC still gives me the error message in my original post. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I would try installing this converter pack and see if it fixes the problem: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Tully" wrote in message ... I am using Office 2003 which came installed on my computer, so I don't understand how I could have "an old version which will not work with the current version of Word". I did have Word 97 on my previous computer so maybe something from that got transferred to this computer and is the "old version" the error message refers to. "Tully" wrote: Every time I try to open a wpd file I get the following error message: The selected text converter is an old version which will not work with the current version of Word. Reinstall the converter and try again." I have reinstalled many times with no success. How can I get rid of the "old version" that is causing this problem? |
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Tried Graham Mayor's deletion suggestion and then downloaded the converter
pack that you suggested. Yippee it worked! Thanks to both of you. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Did you happen to notice Graham Mayor's reply? I suspect that you'll have to do what he described (quoting what he said): ============================================= The filters themselves are stored in the folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv and there are associated registry entries that make them available. You will have to remove both the filters and the associated registry entries manually. In the case of the WP6 filter the file you need to remove is wpft632.cnv - renamke it to wpft632.old and the registry entry that needs removing is [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Text Converters\Import\WordPerfect6x] "Path"="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\Textconv\\wpft632.cnv" "Extensions"="doc wpd" "Name"="WordPerfect 6.x" You should then re-install the Office 2007 filters. If the Office 2007 installation says that the WP filter is installed then uninstall it and reinstall it again. =============================================== I can't tell from your previous message if you already tried what Graham said, and it didn't work, or if you missed it. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Tully" wrote in message ... Thannks for the suggestion, but the converter pack didn't work. I have a laptop also running Office 3000 and it opens the file just fine, but my main PC still gives me the error message in my original post. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I would try installing this converter pack and see if it fixes the problem: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Tully" wrote in message ... I am using Office 2003 which came installed on my computer, so I don't understand how I could have "an old version which will not work with the current version of Word". I did have Word 97 on my previous computer so maybe something from that got transferred to this computer and is the "old version" the error message refers to. "Tully" wrote: Every time I try to open a wpd file I get the following error message: The selected text converter is an old version which will not work with the current version of Word. Reinstall the converter and try again." I have reinstalled many times with no success. How can I get rid of the "old version" that is causing this problem? |
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Sometimes, it takes teamwork. ;-)
Glad you're in business. Mind you... the WP conversion isn't wonderful, but not getting an error message when you try is certainly better. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Tully" wrote in message ... Tried Graham Mayor's deletion suggestion and then downloaded the converter pack that you suggested. Yippee it worked! Thanks to both of you. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Did you happen to notice Graham Mayor's reply? I suspect that you'll have to do what he described (quoting what he said): ============================================= The filters themselves are stored in the folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv and there are associated registry entries that make them available. You will have to remove both the filters and the associated registry entries manually. In the case of the WP6 filter the file you need to remove is wpft632.cnv - renamke it to wpft632.old and the registry entry that needs removing is [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Text Converters\Import\WordPerfect6x] "Path"="C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\Textconv\\wpft632.cnv" "Extensions"="doc wpd" "Name"="WordPerfect 6.x" You should then re-install the Office 2007 filters. If the Office 2007 installation says that the WP filter is installed then uninstall it and reinstall it again. =============================================== I can't tell from your previous message if you already tried what Graham said, and it didn't work, or if you missed it. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Tully" wrote in message ... Thannks for the suggestion, but the converter pack didn't work. I have a laptop also running Office 3000 and it opens the file just fine, but my main PC still gives me the error message in my original post. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I would try installing this converter pack and see if it fixes the problem: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Tully" wrote in message ... I am using Office 2003 which came installed on my computer, so I don't understand how I could have "an old version which will not work with the current version of Word". I did have Word 97 on my previous computer so maybe something from that got transferred to this computer and is the "old version" the error message refers to. "Tully" wrote: Every time I try to open a wpd file I get the following error message: The selected text converter is an old version which will not work with the current version of Word. Reinstall the converter and try again." I have reinstalled many times with no success. How can I get rid of the "old version" that is causing this problem? |
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