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Wordpad lost Word 6 formatThe Wordpad program on this machine no longer gives the selection "Word
for Windows 6.0" as an option when saving files. The only ones it gives now are: - RTF - Text Document - Text Document - MSDOS format - Unicode Text Document Don't know when it got lost, none of my other machines are like this. Any advice on getting it back? That's all I have as well on Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 2003
server / Windows 2008 server. Must be something you installed. -- Show quoteHide quoteRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Sid Elbow" wrote: > The Wordpad program on this machine no longer gives the selection "Word > for Windows 6.0" as an option when saving files. The only ones it gives > now are: > > - RTF > - Text Document > - Text Document - MSDOS format > - Unicode Text Document > > Don't know when it got lost, none of my other machines are like this. Any > advice on getting it back? Dave Patrick wrote:
> That's all I have as well on Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 2003 You mean you *don't* have the Word 6.0 option on those machines either?> server / Windows 2008 server. Must be something you installed. I did some more checking: On all my other machines (which *do* offer the Word6 selection), the Wordpad.exe filesize is 182 KB and the file date is 10/20/2004. On this machine, the filesize is 184 KB and the file date is 4/30/2008 So I went to my last backup (27 June 2009) for this machine and checked the copy there it was 182 KB and 10/20/2004. The most significant thing that's happened since then on this machine (but not all the others at this time) is that I ran Windows Update. So my guess is that Windows Update has changed this program particularly if your (up to date, I'm sure) machines have the later file. Either that, or the file has been compromised on this machine (it scans OK). Could you check the file sizes and dates on your machine please, Dave? I can also check this theory by updating the other machines of course. XP = 4/21/2008 211k
2003 = 4/29/2008 212k Vista = 1/20/2008 330k 2008 = 1/19/2008 330k If you have the backup why not copy the old file back? -- Show quoteHide quoteRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Sid Elbow" wrote: > You mean you *don't* have the Word 6.0 option on those machines either? > > > I did some more checking: > > On all my other machines (which *do* offer the Word6 selection), the > Wordpad.exe filesize is 182 KB and the file date is 10/20/2004. > > On this machine, the filesize is 184 KB and the file date is 4/30/2008 > > > > So I went to my last backup (27 June 2009) for this machine and checked > the copy there it was 182 KB and 10/20/2004. The most significant thing > that's happened since then on this machine (but not all the others at > this time) is that I ran Windows Update. > > So my guess is that Windows Update has changed this program particularly > if your (up to date, I'm sure) machines have the later file. Either > that, or the file has been compromised on this machine (it scans OK). > > Could you check the file sizes and dates on your machine please, Dave? I > can also check this theory by updating the other machines of course. > Dave Patrick wrote:
> XP = 4/21/2008 211k I was thinking of doing just that however ....> 2003 = 4/29/2008 212k > Vista = 1/20/2008 330k > 2008 = 1/19/2008 330k > > If you have the backup why not copy the old file back? - I ran Windows Update on on of the other systems and sure enough, Wordpad.exe was replaced by the newer version (which will not allow saving *or* opening of Word 6 files). - Since these were security updates, I did some more digging and finally stumbled across: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-010.mspx Which seems likely to be at the bottom of it. That being so, it might be taking a risk to simply replace the new file with the old one. Looks like that's it. Might be time to convert those old files.
-- Show quoteHide quoteRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Sid Elbow" wrote: > I was thinking of doing just that however .... > > - I ran Windows Update on on of the other systems and sure enough, > Wordpad.exe was replaced by the newer version (which will not allow > saving *or* opening of Word 6 files). > > - Since these were security updates, I did some more digging and finally > stumbled across: > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-010.mspx > > Which seems likely to be at the bottom of it. That being so, it might be > taking a risk to simply replace the new file with the old one. "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in Hi Dave,news:e1lzyKR$JHA.3432@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: > > Looks like that's it. Might be time to convert those old > files. > What should one do with .WRI files which the updated Wordpad does not render correctly? J -- Replies to: Nherr1professor2doktor31109(at)Oyahoo(dot)Tcom Maybe something here helps.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=convert+wri&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi= -- Show quoteHide quoteRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect <me@tadyatam.invalid> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > What should one do with .WRI files which the updated Wordpad > does not render correctly? > > J > -- > Replies to: Nherr1professor2doktor31109(at)Oyahoo(dot)Tcom "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in Thanks.news:O$Hhv3X$JHA.4168@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl: > > Maybe something here helps. > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=convert+wri&btnG=Search > &aq=f&oq=&aqi= > > J -- Replies to: Nherr1professor2doktor31109(at)Oyahoo(dot)Tcom You're welcome.
-- Show quoteHide quoteRegards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect <me@tadyatam.invalid> wrote: > Thanks. > > J > -- > Replies to: Nherr1professor2doktor31109(at)Oyahoo(dot)Tcom Sid Elbow <h***@there.com> wrote in
news:0008c167$0$2373$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com: See if you have> The Wordpad program on this machine no longer gives the > selection "Word for Windows 6.0" as an option when saving > files. The only ones it gives now are: > > - RTF > - Text Document > - Text Document - MSDOS format > - Unicode Text Document > > Don't know when it got lost, none of my other machines are > like this. Any advice on getting it back? C:\WINNT\$NtUpdateRollupPackUninstall$\wordpad.exe J -- Replies to: Nherr1professor2doktor31109(at)Oyahoo(dot)Tcom me@tadyatam.invalid wrote:
> See if you have No, don't have anything like that.> C:\WINNT\$NtUpdateRollupPackUninstall$\wordpad.exe Sid Elbow <h***@there.com> wrote in news:003119f8$0$9955
$c3e8***@news.astraweb.com: > me@tadyatam.invalid wrote: I had the same problem; also the "no word 6" version could not > >> See if you have >> C:\WINNT\$NtUpdateRollupPackUninstall$\wordpad.exe > > No, don't have anything like that. render .WRI files. Try to find a wordpad.exe 180 KB (185,104 bytes) v5.00.2170.1 FWIW, I found it in $NtUpdateRollup... (see above) and copied it under a different name into Program Files. J -- Replies to: Nherr1professor2doktor31109(at)Oyahoo(dot)Tcom me@tadyatam.invalid wrote:
> Try to find a wordpad.exe Well, I could simply copy over the version that is on my other > 180 KB (185,104 bytes) > v5.00.2170.1 > > FWIW, I found it in $NtUpdateRollup... (see above) and copied > it under a different name into Program Files. installations .... but see my comments to Dave. Sid Elbow <h***@there.com> wrote in
news:00313995$0$9975$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com: Oh boy. Thanks for the heads up.> me@tadyatam.invalid wrote: > >> Try to find a wordpad.exe >> 180 KB (185,104 bytes) >> v5.00.2170.1 >> >> FWIW, I found it in $NtUpdateRollup... (see above) and >> copied it under a different name into Program Files. > > Well, I could simply copy over the version that is on my > other installations .... but see my comments to Dave. J -- Replies to: Nherr1professor2doktor31109(at)Oyahoo(dot)Tcom  
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