AWD File Viewing

[Bill Rankin]

I am finally getting around to looking at some of my old FAXes from Windows
Messaging (95). These are stored in Outlook Express emails as an attachment
with an AWD extension. I associated this extension with Windows Picture and
Fax Viewer but when I try and view the files it says No Preview Available.

Would someone tell me what I am doing wrong or point me at some
instructions.

Thanks, Bill

I posted this question in the General Newsgroup before I found this group.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Microsoft wrote an AWD->TIFF converter that will let you convert these files
so you can view them in Windows XP. This converter is on the Windows XP CD.
Look under i386\win9xmig\fax\ for a file called "awdvstub.exe." Copy this
file to your hard drive and run it from a command prompt with the '/c'
option to convert an AWD file to a TIFF file. You can also associate AWD
files with it. After you do, double clicking an AWD file will convert the
file and open it in the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. For the utility to
run correctly you must also have a copy of "fxstiff.dll" on your hard drive,
usually in the Windows\system32 folder and/or the
Windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3 folder. Normally that DLL will be in
place already if you've installed the Windows XP Fax Program.

Also, some third party utilities such as PolyView support opening and
converting AWD files (http://www.polyview.com )

 

[Bill Rankin]

Russ,

Thank you very much.

Bill Rankin

Microsoft wrote an AWD->TIFF converter that will let you convert these files
so you can view them in Windows XP. This converter is on the Windows XP CD.
Look under i386\win9xmig\fax\ for a file called "awdvstub.exe." Copy this
file to your hard drive and run it from a command prompt with the '/c'
option to convert an AWD file to a TIFF file. You can also associate AWD
files with it. After you do, double clicking an AWD file will convert the
file and open it in the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. For the utility to
run correctly you must also have a copy of "fxstiff.dll" on your hard drive,
usually in the Windows\system32 folder and/or the
Windows\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3 folder. Normally that DLL will be in
place already if you've installed the Windows XP Fax Program.

Also, some third party utilities such as PolyView support opening and
converting AWD files (http://www.polyview.com )


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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am finally getting around to looking at some of my old FAXes from Windows
Messaging (95). These are stored in Outlook Express emails as an attachment
with an AWD extension. I associated this extension with Windows Picture and
Fax Viewer but when I try and view the files it says No Preview Available.

Would someone tell me what I am doing wrong or point me at some
instructions.

Thanks, Bill

I posted this question in the General Newsgroup before I found this group.