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viva
Citizen
Username: Viva
Post Number: 644
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005 - 6:01 pm: |     |
i need to open an important attachment, but i get the message "this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. create an association in My Computer by clicking view and then clicking folder options."
i have no idea what to do once i get into folder options! thanks in advance. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 6505
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005 - 6:06 pm: | |
There are a few tabs across the top in the "folder options" window. One of them is "file types". Notice what the so-called extension of the file is, such as .doc. Find it in the list. Then there is an "opens with..." button. This is where you get to tell it which program ought to open files with that extension.
Is that clear enough? |
viva
Citizen
Username: Viva
Post Number: 645
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005 - 6:23 pm: | |
tom,
thanks --
the extension is .wpd
there is nothing on the list like that.
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Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 6507
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005 - 6:27 pm: | |
I'm not clear: have you had luck opening the attachment?
You don't actually have to do this anyway. You can save the file, remember where you save it, and open it with Word (if Word will open it). |
viva
Citizen
Username: Viva
Post Number: 646
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005 - 6:46 pm: | |
okay,
i saved the file, but word will not open it.
i'll contact the sender...
thanks, tom for the support. i did learn something anyway. |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 6140
Registered: 4-1997
| | Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005 - 8:51 pm: | |
.wpd is a Word Perfect document.
Looks like this shareware will help you convert it to a Word document:
http://www.gold-software.com/download8284.html |
Mayor McCheese
Supporter
Username: Mayor_mccheese
Post Number: 265
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Monday, May 2, 2005 - 11:55 pm: | |
Usually if you can't open a file, and something like that pops up, you can google a search on the file extension. In this case it was ".wpd". The resulting google page usually will tell you what program is associated with the file extension.
I haven't used word perfect in a few years. I am surprised that word isn't able to convert the file over to the different format. I can remember a few years ago when word perfect would convert the files, and MS word wouldn't. I figured this would have changed by now. I guess I had too much confidence in Microsoft.
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Walker
Citizen
Username: Fester
Post Number: 105
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 - 10:43 am: | |
If you are not concerned about the formatting of the document you can use Word to open it. Do the following open word go file open, at the bottom of the selection screen you will see
"files of Type" click on the dropdown menu and select "Recover Text from any file" now select the WPD file and click open.
There will be a large amount of formatting garbage the text should be below that in unformatted text.
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viva
Citizen
Username: Viva
Post Number: 647
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 - 3:44 pm: | |
walker, i was able to open the file using your instructions.
there was a large amount of formatting garbage, and the text of the message was a bit scrambled.
thanks for the lessons, everyone.
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