File associations.

[rod]

We are trying to source a file saving anomaly,
and wondered if anyone could offer any pointers for troubleshooting here?

"Myself and a number of my friends who use MS Works 4.5a cannot save our
Works Word processor documents in the native *.wps file format. This is a
new phenomenon. It has been working correctly on our WinXP machines for
years. What update/program could have caused our Works WP docs to save in
the Word *.doc format? If I rename the files back to *.wps, they work
correctly. It gives a warning but I ignore it."

Thanks.

 

[Elmo]

We are trying to source a file saving anomaly,
and wondered if anyone could offer any pointers for troubleshooting here?

"Myself and a number of my friends who use MS Works 4.5a cannot save our
Works Word processor documents in the native *.wps file format. This is a
new phenomenon. It has been working correctly on our WinXP machines for
years. What update/program could have caused our Works WP docs to save in
the Word *.doc format? If I rename the files back to *.wps, they work
correctly. It gives a warning but I ignore it."

Thanks.

You might look for a Works word processor group, but I believe it's a
setting within the default template. It may have saved a preference to
save with the .doc extension. Can you click Save As, change the
extension to .wps, and get what you want? If so, create a template
after making the change to a .wks file, then click the option to "Use
this template for new Word Processor documents". Click the "Default"
button for the current template default name, and the option to reset to
the default template.

hth,

 

[rod]

Thanks Joe for your input
helpful as always.
I'll pass this on to the OP, and see how we go.