Q122393 - "File Is Not a Works for Windows Document" Opening 3.0 File

"File Is Not a Works for Windows Document" Opening 3.0 File

Q122393

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

If both the Works 2.0 and Works 3.0 for Windows converters are installed, one of the following will occur when you try to open a Works 3.0 file:

If the Confirm Conversions check box in the File Open dialog is not selected (the default), the following error messages are received

"File is not a Works for Windows document"

followed by:

"Word cannot open the document. <path\filename>"

If the Confirm Conversions option is checked, Word proposes to open the Works 3.0 document as "Works for Windows 2.0" format. If you click OK, you receive the two errors referenced above.

CAUSE

Word is not able to properly differentiate between the Works formats during the conversion. Word incorrectly associates the Works 2.0 recognition classname "MSWorksWin" with a Works 3.0 file. The correct classname for a Works 3.0 document is "MSWorks3Win."

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word versions 6.0, 6.0a, and 6.0c for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUNDS

Method 1: Select the Confirm Conversions check box in the File Open dialog box, and then manually select the "Works for Windows 3.0" file type each time you open a Works 3.0 file.

Method 2: If you have no Works 2.0 for Windows documents to convert, disable the Works 2.0 converter by completing the following:

Remove each instance of the line that begins with the text string "MSWorksWin=Works for Windows 2.0" from the [MSWord Text Converters] section in your WINWORD6.INI file or the [MS Text Converters] section in your WIN.INI file. You can use a text editor such as Notepad to edit both of these files, which can be found in your Windows directory.

Delete the converter file WRKSWIN.CNV from the WINDOWS\MSAPPS\TEXTCONV subdirectory.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem only occurs with documents originally created in Works 3.0 for Windows. The problem does not occur with documents originally saved in Works 3.0 for Windows format from Word.

Word defaults to the Works 2.0 converter if both the Works 2.0 and Works 3.0 converters are installed. The order of the conversion filter entries in WIN.INI or WINWORD6.INI make no difference to the outcome.

Microsoft Publisher for Windows also uses the wrong converter when you use the File Import Text option. The same workarounds referenced above are applicable to Publisher.

This problem does not occur in Word versions 2.0x.

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