Word Pad for Windows?

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I am new using PC's. I just loaded my 3 1/2 floppy and then clicked on
computer, then the floppy file then one of the files. A pop-up appeared,
"Can not load word for windows 6.0 files." How then do I use or read those
word pad files? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Real
 
Real said:
I am new using PC's. I just loaded my 3 1/2 floppy and then clicked on
computer, then the floppy file then one of the files. A pop-up appeared,
"Can not load word for windows 6.0 files." How then do I use or read
those
word pad files? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Real
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XP already has Word Pad...

just right click on the file and go to "open with"

then select Word Pad
 
Real said:
I am new using PC's. I just loaded my 3 1/2 floppy and then clicked
on computer, then the floppy file then one of the files. A pop-up
appeared, "Can not load word for windows 6.0 files." How then do I
use or read those word pad files? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
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What is the name of the file you clicked on (particularly the extension--the
last three characters, after the dot)? If you can't see the extension, go to
Tools | Folder Options, and uncheck the box "Hide extensions for known file
types."

You say "those word pad files." How do you know they are Wordpad files? Did
you create them or did you get them from someone else?
 
'Rea' wrote:
| I am new using PC's. I just loaded my 3 1/2 floppy and then clicked on
| computer, then the floppy file then one of the files. A pop-up appeared,
| "Can not load word for windows 6.0 files." How then do I use or read
those
| word pad files? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
_____

It seems from your pop-up that the files on the floppy are created by a very
old version of Word. Word 6.0 came out in 1994. What program is trying to
open the files?
What is the source of the files?
What is the complete name of one of the files, including the three letters
after the period?
What version of Word do you have, and did you install the ability to convert
older version Word files?

Phil Weldon

|I am new using PC's. I just loaded my 3 1/2 floppy and then clicked on
| computer, then the floppy file then one of the files. A pop-up appeared,
| "Can not load word for windows 6.0 files." How then do I use or read
those
| word pad files? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Real
 
Real said:
I am new using PC's. I just loaded my 3 1/2 floppy and then clicked on
computer, then the floppy file then one of the files. A pop-up appeared,
"Can not load word for windows 6.0 files." How then do I use or read those
word pad files? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Real
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What is the file extension?
 
I am new using PC's. I just loaded my 3 1/2 floppy and then clicked
on computer, then the floppy file then one of the files. A pop-up
appeared, "Can not load word for windows 6.0 files." How then do I
use or read those word pad files? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Real
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If it was produced using a Microsoft Office product, i.e. WORD, you can
download a free viewer here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Browse.aspx?displaylang=en&productID=
4289AE77-4CBA-4A75-86F3-9FF96F68E491

Viewers are available for other Office products such as PowerPoint.

HTH
 
The error says "cannont load Word 6.0 files i.e. Microsoft Word for Windows
(not Wordpad). They are not wordpad files, they are MS Word files.

Launch word pad and open the file (File > Open), or right click the file >
Open With.... and select Wordpad.

Otherwise they may not be accessible. Have you tried opening them in
Microsoft Word? The files may be too big for Wordpad, since it has a limit
of the files size that it can open.

Word 6 I think was a.k.a MS Word for Windows 95? or even earlier (the last
version of Word for Windows 3.1 before Win95 came out).
 
Real said:
I am new using PC's. I just loaded my 3 1/2 floppy and then clicked on
computer, then the floppy file then one of the files. A pop-up appeared,
"Can not load word for windows 6.0 files." How then do I use or read
those
word pad files? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Real
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This sounds like it's related to the matter discussed at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870883

I had this problem opening with XP .wri files that I'd created with Win2k. I
hacked the registry in the way described at the above link and it's fine. I
didn't bother reverting as MS recommend, and the sky hasn't fallen on my
head.

HTH!

Quick copy-paste of the hack:

On a Windows XP SP2-based computer, you can add an EnableLegacyConverters
registry entry that has 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.
When you double-click the .rtf file that you are trying to open, WordPad
starts. After you have finished using the RTF converter, we recommend that
you turn off the EnableLegacyConverters registry entry. To do this, follow
these steps: 1. In Registry Editor, right-click EnableLegacyConverters, and
then click Modify.
2. In the Value data box, type 0 to turn off the .rtf conversion, and
then click OK.
3. Quit Registry Editor.
 
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