WD: "Word Cannot Open the Document" with No Extension
Article ID: 139938
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q139938
SYMPTOMS
You get the following error message when you double-click a file that does
not have an extension and select Word to open the document.
Word cannot open the document (<path>\<filename>)
When you choose OK, Word opens a new document.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
WORKAROUND
Use one of the following workarounds:
Method 1: Start Word, then open the document.
Method 2: Give the file an extension before you double-click it to open it.
Additional query words: 7.0 word95 word7 file open cannot can not errmsg winword word97
Keywords: KB139938