[Faithful one]

I have windows ME

I got ana ttachment froma known person and when I try to open it it get this:

WORDPAD HAS CAUSED AN ERROR
IN MSW RD832.CNV

wHAT DOES THIS MEAN AND HOW CAN i FIX THIS? It happens when anyone sends me a wordpad attachement and I have wordpad..so confused.

FAithful One

 

[ironmaixden]

try downloading pcbugdoctor this should fix your problems

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Have a look at the following MS article: Problems Opening Word Document in WordPad

Hope this helps.

 

[Faithful one]

I read that and I guess I am computer illiterate...can you walk me through a way to fix this???

Faithful oNe

 

[john1]

Hi Faithful one,

i find that any *.doc extension will bring up MS-word,
which i think uses the same extension.

When i want to use Wordpad to view a document,
i go to start, programs, Wordpad,
and open Wordpad from there.

Then i use the 'File' top left in the Wordpad window,
'Open' then browse to find the document i want to open.

Thats the only way i know to get to a Wordpad (*.doc) file,

Regards, John

 

[Faithful one]

I will try that..what I am saying is that this is an email that someone sent and when I try to open it say error with wordpad.
BUT I will try next time ot do what you said and seeif that works.
Thanks!
Faithful one

 

[john1]

is it an attachment
to an email
as a 'doc' extension ?

 

[john1]

actually wordpad can handle *.rtf and *.doc and *.txt (i think)

 

[john1]

If its an attachment,
you could try dragging and copying it to desktop,
then changing its ext to txt,
then it should open in 'Notepad'

(thats if all else fails ... )

 

[Faithful one]

It is a .doc and it gives me wordpad caused an error everytime.
I have windows ME

Faithufl oNe

 

[Guest]

Faithful one,

Do you have MS Word? If so, then hold down your shift key and then right click on the .doc file you want to open. A menu should open. Select "open with". Scroll down to "WINWORD" and select WINWORD. Put a check in the box next to "Always use this program to open this type of file" Click OK.

 

[john1]

Hmm...

It is an attachment ... yes ?
And you dragged it to desktop, and tried opening from there ... ?
And it tries to open in Wordpad, but can't ....

Possibly it is written in a format that Wordpad does not handle,
Wordpad only handles a few formats.
RTF rich text format
TXT system notepad
DOC - some formats of doc - some are meant for MSword (only ?)

I suggest that maybe wordpad doesn't handle the format that
this document is written in,
Try opening MSword (Start, programs, Microsoft Word)
then click on the 'File' top left,
Open, in the 'Look in:' bit, click on the little yellow folder-icon
to go up one level, keep going up one level until you get to desktop,
then in that box you should see an icon for this .doc file,
give it a double click and it should open in MSword.

If it doesn't then i dunno what to think !!

Regards, John

 

[Faithful one]

I dont have MSWORD I have works!

Faithful one

 

[john1]

Hi Faithful One,

So you don't have MSword,
have you dragged the attachment to desktop ?

John

 

[Guest]

Faithful one,

You can download the free Microsoft Word 97/2000 Viewer .

Word 97/2000 Viewer (Windows 95/98/NT/2000)

With the Microsoft® Word Viewer 97/2000, Microsoft Word users can share documents with those who do not have Word and users without Word can open and view Word documents.