excel files converted to *.wks upon upgrading to Win XP Pro

[pioneer028]

Upon upgrading my desktop from Win 98 to Win XP Pro, many Excel files
were converted to Works (*.wks) files. Cannot open them using Excel or
Word...

 

[M. lane]

Upon upgrading my desktop from Win 98 to Win XP Pro, many Excel files
were converted to Works (*.wks) files. Cannot open them using Excel or
Word...

Borrowed from Ken Wright
If you have no Works program to use to convert the files, point your browser
to this link for a downloadable file converter to convert those files from
wks to xls.
http://www.rl-software.com/indexjs.htm?/converter/wkscnvxls_e.htm