I had the similar problem, with a 3rd party software program called PPM that
uses Word. I re-installed Word and problem solved. The patch 973904 is
still on the computer.
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Rich


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"Danny" wrote:

Thanks for the link - I'm having the same problem. I tried to make the registry change described in the article, but did not have Wordpad at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion
\Applets\Wordpad

Have you seen anything else that helped with this problem?

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I have removed KB973904 which you requested and still having the issue. I
cannot open a 97-2003 file in my office 2007. I can though go file, open and
choose recover text from any file and it will open but adds a bunch of
characters. I even tried open office which someone requested might work but
it didn't. I did not have the registry entry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion

\Applets\Wordpad

I did create it and changed it from 0 to 1 and it would open but with alot
of characters added to make it really non readable. I even tried winword /r
and still no luck. Has there been a fix for this????????????????