word for windows 6.0 incompatability with windows xp

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I've just received some documents to download from England( does that make a
difference?). When I try to download a message pops up stating Can not load
word for windows 6.0. I assumed I have to download word 6.0, but can't find
it. I apologize for my stupidity. Any help would be appreciated.
 
I have MS works wordprocessor. Does that count? LOL Sorry again for the lack
of neurons. This is definetly not my field.
 
Word is a Microsoft word processing program. It is not free.
They do have a viewer as pointed out before.
Usually you can view .doc files with Wordpad which is included with XP.
 
I can get to the point in wordpad tobring the file name up but the only
option after that is to open and I get the same message. Should I download
onto a disc and try a comp. with Word? Getting frustrated. They are booking
forms for a cottage. Thanks for your troubles anyway.
 
Thank you Mary Sauer and NotMe. I downloaded Word viewer and it did the
trick. All is well and the world continues to turn
 
Try the solution here


"Cannot load Word for Windows 6.0 files" error message when you try to open the "What's new" file in Quicken on a Windows XP-based computer
Article ID : 870883
Last Review : July 21, 2004
Revision : 1.0

Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
On this page
SYMPTOMS
CAUSE
WORKAROUND
MORE INFORMATION

SYMPTOMS
After you install Quicken 2003 Premier Home and Business or Quicken 2004 Premier Home and Business from Intuit Incorporated on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:
Cannot load Word for Windows 6.0 files
This symptom occurs when you try to open the "What's new in Quicken 2003 Premier Home and Business" file or the "What's new in Quicken 2004 Premier Home and Business" file on the Start menu.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because WordPad does not start as expected. WordPad does not start because it is not converting the Microsoft Word document to Rich Text Format.
WORKAROUND
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To work around this problem, edit the registry and add the EnableLegacyConverters entry with a DWORD value of 1. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Wordpad
3. Right-click Wordpad, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
4. Type EnableLegacyConverters, and then press ENTER to name the new entry.
5. Right-click EnableLegacyConverters, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
7. Quit Registry Editor.

MORE INFORMATION
The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.
 
It was blocked as a security measure.

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"Cannot load Word for Windows 6.0 files" error message when you try to open the "What's new" file in Quicken on a Windows XP-based computer
Article ID : 870883
Last Review : July 21, 2004
Revision : 1.0

Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
On this page
SYMPTOMS
CAUSE
WORKAROUND
MORE INFORMATION

SYMPTOMS
After you install Quicken 2003 Premier Home and Business or Quicken 2004 Premier Home and Business from Intuit Incorporated on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:
Cannot load Word for Windows 6.0 files
This symptom occurs when you try to open the "What's new in Quicken 2003 Premier Home and Business" file or the "What's new in Quicken 2004 Premier Home and Business" file on the Start menu.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because WordPad does not start as expected. WordPad does not start because it is not converting the Microsoft Word document to Rich Text Format.
WORKAROUND
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To work around this problem, edit the registry and add the EnableLegacyConverters entry with a DWORD value of 1. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Wordpad
3. Right-click Wordpad, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
4. Type EnableLegacyConverters, and then press ENTER to name the new entry.
5. Right-click EnableLegacyConverters, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
7. Quit Registry Editor.

MORE INFORMATION
The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.
 
jjflash and candy:

How interesting... the answer all laid out in the knowledge
base...UNFORTUNATELY, it doen't work. Secondly, it occurs even without any
Quicken installation of any sort whatsoever. I don't happen to be enamored of
opening the whole the bloatware of Office to read/modify/write, a quick note,
and have made do quite well with wordpad, aka write. until XP. Somehow I
must've missed the note in the docs relateing to upgrading to xp from 9X,
despite exhaustive reading of same, could it be, mayhaps, BECAUSE IT WAS
NEVER MENTIONED

Seems to me just another way of getting folks to have to upgrade (READ:
buy/obtain/whatever... more software from MS) to "fix" a problem which MS, in
it's infinite indifference, has caused.

I shouldn't have to "fix" microsoft screwups, and I get really tired of
being a windows "Beta" tester, five years after the "final" version is
released.

A security measure yet...It is to laugh.

A pox on MS, and it's apologists
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jflash:

if you want to fix it get a copy of wordpad.exe (just the one exe file) off
an older machine , like millennium. version "5.00.1691.1" dated "Thursday,
June 08, 2000, 5:00:00 PM" install it in a folder of your own, make a
shortcut and use THAT for .doc files. It STILL works on docs, and is a
WORKING fix unlike the OFFICIAL one touted here. I had the same problem you
did with NO installation of Quicken in any form, and without SP2. By the by,
its not you who are stupid, its the "supercoders" at Microsoft..

A pox on microsoft.
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