Recently several of my Microsoft Word documents have not been able to be opened. Their icons on my My Documents folder and such have become semi-transparent and their names have been replaced with other keys (for example, 'Evolution' is now '~$olution'). They cannot be opened and if so, they are opened as word documents with little squares instead of letters.
I have a feeling this might have been caused by my upgrade of Windows Media Player but I can't be sure.
What is the source of the problem and how can I fix it?
2007-07-21 05:11:24 · 6 answers · asked by bloodylocksbathory 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Those files aren't your Word documents, but are auxiliary files associated with them. They usually go away when you close the document or exit Word. If you have any files with the .wbk file extension, those are the previous version of that file and should be useable in Word. Change the extension from .wbk to .doc to keep the naming correct.
Good luck.
2007-07-21 05:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by The Phlebob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download the word viewer seperately and C if U can view in it. It may B Ur Word sftwr.
2007-07-21 05:16:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Microsoft be conscious can open works data. the challenge is that your recipients pc would not know the extension while they double click on it. tell them to maintain the record, open be conscious then open the record from interior of be conscious. this could artwork. wish this helps
2016-10-09 04:52:25 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a virus got you. Go to www.trendmicro.com and run Housecall.
2007-07-21 05:22:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
right click on the word file name
if there is not doc extension rename it with .doc extension
Try to open it with word, or wordpad, notepad, openoffice,...
2007-07-21 05:20:51 · answer #5 · answered by iyiogrenci 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you installed SP2 ?
2007-07-21 05:16:49 · answer #6 · answered by calculus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋