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Word cannot start the converter mswrd632.wpc
On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:37:49 -0500, "Jay Freedman"
wrote: Sesquipedalian Sam wrote: On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:47:36 -0500, "Jay Freedman" wrote: Sesquipedalian Sam wrote: On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:53:10 -0000, "Terry Farrell" wrote: See http://blogs.technet.com/wordonenote...6-0-files.aspx This article asks me to make a Registry change. I'd really rather not do that. Is there any other fix? This article says it may be caused by a security update. I suggest MSFT needs to send out another update to fix the update. And then actually do a little testing BEFORE they ship the updates. This is the second time in a year or so that an update broke something that I know of. The error only seems to happen when I open a .doc document. I'm running Office 2007. Sam, did you read the KnowledgeBase article linked from that page? Nope. This isn't an error, it's deliberate; Microsoft wants to prevent you from using the old WordPad converter because it isn't secure. The registry change is intended for administrators who consider using the converter more important than closing the security hole, at least temporarily. Also, because it's a deliberate change, there is never going to be "another fix" for the security update. But your problem is a bit different from what the articles describe. You're trying to open a .doc file in Word 2007, which should have nothing to do with WordPad or the old converter. What's happened is that Windows has associated the .doc extension with WordPad instead of Word. If the security patch hadn't been applied, the document would have opened in WordPad (which can also read the .doc format), and you would have been complaining about that instead. ;-) I pretty sure the .doc extension is associated with Word. If I double-click a .doc file, it opens in Word, always has. I just tested it again. OK, maybe I'm wrong about the association -- but if so, I don't understand how the WordPad converter could get involved in the process. I still think reregistering Word is worth a try; it's quick, and at worst it won't have any effect. Run the winword /r command as described in http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...gisterWord.htm and see if that fixes the problem. Do I need to close Word (all open docs) first? Yes, close all open documents and shut down Word. Then run the command from the Start Run box or from a command prompt window. Do you still think I need to do this even though .doc files are already associated with Word? It can't hurt, and it might help. PS: We have two PCs in the office connected by a P2P LAN. I have a laptop and my admin has a workstation. They have identical software installed and run the same auto-update facility installed and maintained by the company that procides tech support. I just copied one of the documents that fails on my PC to the workstation and opened it in Word there. No error. |
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