WP 7

[Jo Freeman]

I installed WordPerfect 7 on my home computer because it
can read the thousand files I created in WP5.1 on my 486
DOS computer (which still works just fine). Higher
versions of WP can't open those DOS files. However, when I
installed it on the computer at work, WP 7 doesn't work.
It seems to install OK, but when I try to use it I get a
series of messages about missing files. I can't open any
of my files from my home computer, even those written
directly in WP7, let alone the DOS files from my 486. My
home computer has Windows ME. The computer at work has
Windows 2000. Is the problem with the different operating
systems? If not, what is it?

 

[Philippe L. Balmanno]

See link; the SP version of W2K may be the problem.

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/oldwpwin.html

 

[Michael Bednarek]

I installed WordPerfect 7 on my home computer because it
can read the thousand files I created in WP5.1 on my 486
DOS computer (which still works just fine). Higher
versions of WP can't open those DOS files. However, when I
installed it on the computer at work, WP 7 doesn't work.
It seems to install OK, but when I try to use it I get a
series of messages about missing files. I can't open any
of my files from my home computer, even those written
directly in WP7, let alone the DOS files from my 486. My
home computer has Windows ME. The computer at work has
Windows 2000. Is the problem with the different operating
systems? If not, what is it?

I never found that any version of WordPerfect up to 2002 (I don't have
any later versions) had any problems opening my old files I created in
WP/DOS. I also found that is possible to run WP 6.2/DOS (IMHO the best
ever) under any Windows version.

Regarding your WP installation at work: The original release of WP7 only
worked on Win95, you need the release marked for Windows NT (aside:
Windows 2000 is really NT5.0, and XP is NT5.1). I think the version
numbers are 7.0.1.9 for the W95 release and 7.0.2.19 for the NT release.

But I can't see any reason not to upgrade to the current version of WP.