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Change registry policy settings
Im using office pro 2003. I'm attempting to open a doc and i get an error
message saying"you are attempting to open a document created in an earlier version of office. this file type is blocked from opening by your registyry policy setting." |
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This is caused by a security-related part of Service Pack 3, which was
probably installed on your computer by Microsoft Update in the last week or so. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941636/, particularly the Workaround section that refers you to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/. On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:36:00 -0700, AlanMelly wrote: Im using office pro 2003. I'm attempting to open a doc and i get an error message saying"you are attempting to open a document created in an earlier version of office. this file type is blocked from opening by your registyry policy setting." -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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I downloaded Office SP3 yesterday and now can no longer access Lotus files.
(I get the "blocked by your registry policy setting" error) I looked at the KB938810 document and in the instructions for "Excel" it says to look for the "LotusandQuattroFiles" registry entry. I used the search feature and it couldn't be located. I was able to get to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel, but there was no "Security" or "FileOpenBlock" sub-folders within "Excel". I also couldn't find "FileOpenBlock" using the registry search feature. Any suggestions? -- JTR "Jay Freedman" wrote: This is caused by a security-related part of Service Pack 3, which was probably installed on your computer by Microsoft Update in the last week or so. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941636/, particularly the Workaround section that refers you to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/. On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:36:00 -0700, AlanMelly wrote: Im using office pro 2003. I'm attempting to open a doc and i get an error message saying"you are attempting to open a document created in an earlier version of office. this file type is blocked from opening by your registyry policy setting." -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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OK, I found another document, KB922848, this provides instructions for a
"work around" for Excel 2003, but requires that you stipulate which directory folders you want to "exempt" from restrictions. The "work around" stipulates the addition of a new key and string values under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon This folder was on my registry. -- JTR "JTR" wrote: I downloaded Office SP3 yesterday and now can no longer access Lotus files. (I get the "blocked by your registry policy setting" error) I looked at the KB938810 document and in the instructions for "Excel" it says to look for the "LotusandQuattroFiles" registry entry. I used the search feature and it couldn't be located. I was able to get to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel, but there was no "Security" or "FileOpenBlock" sub-folders within "Excel". I also couldn't find "FileOpenBlock" using the registry search feature. Any suggestions? -- JTR "Jay Freedman" wrote: This is caused by a security-related part of Service Pack 3, which was probably installed on your computer by Microsoft Update in the last week or so. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941636/, particularly the Workaround section that refers you to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/. On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:36:00 -0700, AlanMelly wrote: Im using office pro 2003. I'm attempting to open a doc and i get an error message saying"you are attempting to open a document created in an earlier version of office. this file type is blocked from opening by your registyry policy setting." -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Update to my earlier post.
Yes, I can now open the Lotus files, but unfortunately I cannot save them. Despite following the instructions in KB922848, not only do I get the 'You are attempting to save a file that is blocked by your registry policy setting" message, but when I close the file, and am asked if I want to save the changes, it destroys the saved file! My old Lotus file is now corrupt and can't be "undeleted". Only if I change the file type, in "save as" to an Excel file, can I keep the file. This is not a good situation. -- JTR "JTR" wrote: OK, I found another document, KB922848, this provides instructions for a "work around" for Excel 2003, but requires that you stipulate which directory folders you want to "exempt" from restrictions. The "work around" stipulates the addition of a new key and string values under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\C ommon This folder was on my registry. -- JTR "JTR" wrote: I downloaded Office SP3 yesterday and now can no longer access Lotus files. (I get the "blocked by your registry policy setting" error) I looked at the KB938810 document and in the instructions for "Excel" it says to look for the "LotusandQuattroFiles" registry entry. I used the search feature and it couldn't be located. I was able to get to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\E xcel, but there was no "Security" or "FileOpenBlock" sub-folders within "Excel". I also couldn't find "FileOpenBlock" using the registry search feature. Any suggestions? -- JTR "Jay Freedman" wrote: This is caused by a security-related part of Service Pack 3, which was probably installed on your computer by Microsoft Update in the last week or so. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941636/, particularly the Workaround section that refers you to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/. On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:36:00 -0700, AlanMelly wrote: Im using office pro 2003. I'm attempting to open a doc and i get an error message saying"you are attempting to open a document created in an earlier version of office. this file type is blocked from opening by your registyry policy setting." -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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