Wordpad query

[Brian Gaff]

Hi there. Just imported a file from a Win 98 machine called name.wri and
found the error to the effect that Wordpad cannot load Word x files, where x
is the version.

This is odd, as Word seems able to load them. Have I done something to
Wordpad, or is this some other problem.

Brian

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[Detlev Dreyer]

Hi there. Just imported a file from a Win 98 machine called name.wri
and found the error to the effect that Wordpad cannot load Word x
files, where x is the version.

Note that the .wri format came with "Windows Write" (Win3x). It has
nothing to do with Word files (*.doc).

This is odd, as Word seems able to load them.

Sounds to me that someone saved a Word file using the wrong extension.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Hi there. Just imported a file from a Win 98 machine called name.wri and
found the error to the effect that Wordpad cannot load Word x files, where x
is the version.

This is odd, as Word seems able to load them. Have I done something to
Wordpad, or is this some other problem.

wri was the extension for the old Windows Write from *Way* back. Word
has retained an ability to open them; WordPad does not

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

wri was the extension for the old Windows Write from *Way* back.
ACK.

Word has retained an ability to open them; WordPad does not

This applies to Wordpad also. However, I found many *.wri files on my
Win9x systems being Word 6.0 documents, renamed to *.wri extension. BTW,
their headers contain the string "Word Document" (Unicode). Different
from Wordpad under Win9x, Wordpad under WinXP refuses to open these
files. *Real* .wri files (Windows Write format) can still be opened with
Wordpad under WinXP. The difference between real .wri files and faked
..wri files (renamed Word documents) is easy to find out. Open them with
Word and save them (save as). When it's an original .wri file, Word
offers the extension .wri by default. Otherwise, the default extension
will be *.doc.

 

[Sunny]

wri was the extension for the old Windows Write from *Way* back. Word
has retained an ability to open them; WordPad does not

I use WordPad constantly (WinXP SP2) and saving them in "rich text format"
with a .wri extension, opens all of them in WordPad (not Word). However
old .wri files get the message, "cannot open Word 6" etc ?