File Conversion Problem

Nick · Guest

Running Word 2003 ver. 11.8169.8172. SP3. When I try to open documents
sometimes a window opens and it says Windows default file conversion didn't
work.

What's this all about? I have been opening these files with Word for years.

What should do?
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Herb Tyson [MVP] · Guest

That doesn't sound like the exact wording of the error message. More often
than not, having the exact wording can help folks pinpoint the problem a lot
more quickly. From your wording, I can't tell if the error you're seeing is
from Word itself or from Windows.

When the error occurs:

a. What kind of file are you trying to open? .doc? .rtf? Something else?

b. What is the exact error message you're seeing?

c. Does Open and Repair work?

Off hand... when a file that used to open fine suddenly stops opening, my
first suspicions are disk corruption and viruses. When certain files stop
working, that's often the early sign that a hard disk is about to fail (as
are changes in the way the disk sounds).

Fearing the worst, I would try to copy as many un-backed up files as
possible to a backup drive before proceeding.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill · Guest

SP 3 includes a new security feature that, by default, blocks you from
opening Word docs created in very old versions of Word (pre-Word 97). Could
that be the problem?

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