Document created by older version of Word won't open

[John]

I'm currently using the version of Word contained in Office 2003. I have
some documents I created with earlier versions which no longer can be
opened. I get this error message:

"You are attempting to open a file that was created in an earlier
version of Microsoft Office. This file type is blocked from opening in
this version by your registry policy setting."

How do I fix this? Thanks!

John

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

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[Graham Mayor]

See also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922849

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[Brian Gaff]

Could be that the copy of office used to save it ran as administrator, while
the current copy is as a user without the same rights.

Brian

 

[Brian Gaff]

What does wordpad make of the file I wonder?
Brian

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See also http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922849

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