[rgentili]

After installing a recent Windows XP upgrade offered in Microsoft Upgrade, my
older doc files created by Word 2000 no longer show when I try to open them
in Word. I understand that Microsoft has a fix for this, but I am unable to
locate that fix. Can someone point me to the appropriate place?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See "Information about certain file types that are blocked after you install
Office 2003 Service Pack 3"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=938810

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"rgentili" wrote in message
...
After installing a recent Windows XP upgrade offered in Microsoft Upgrade,
my
older doc files created by Word 2000 no longer show when I try to open
them
in Word. I understand that Microsoft has a fix for this, but I am unable
to
locate that fix. Can someone point me to the appropriate place?

[Jay Freedman]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:48:15 -0800, rgentili
wrote:

After installing a recent Windows XP upgrade offered in Microsoft Upgrade, my
older doc files created by Word 2000 no longer show when I try to open them
in Word. I understand that Microsoft has a fix for this, but I am unable to
locate that fix. Can someone point me to the appropriate place?

The fix (downloadable .reg files) is at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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[rgentili]

The replies by Suzanne S. Barnhill and Jay Freedman were right on the money.
Thanks to both of you!!

"rgentili" wrote:

After installing a recent Windows XP upgrade offered in Microsoft Upgrade, my
older doc files created by Word 2000 no longer show when I try to open them
in Word. I understand that Microsoft has a fix for this, but I am unable to
locate that fix. Can someone point me to the appropriate place?