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| Thread ID: 98591 | 2009-03-30 09:27:00 | Publisher | pottsy99 (14776) | Press F1 |
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| 760764 | 2009-03-30 09:27:00 | Anyone able to help -- I had an older computer running Windows ME , and had a lot of files done in Publisher 97 on it . It's died and i was lucky enough to shift everything data wise to a new bigger , better , faster machine with XP , and also still had the Publisher 97 disc so I loaded that on too , but most Publisher files won't open , just getting a message saying similar to " Does not recognise this version of Windows " . I thought they were supposed to be backwards compatible ? Will putting the latest version of Publisher ( think it's 07 ) solve this ? As the old one is 97 , according to the box I can't even get 07 at the 'update' pricing , so don't want to spend $600 or more to find the old files still won't open . Sorry about a lot of questions in the one question . |
pottsy99 (14776) | ||
| 760765 | 2009-03-30 09:32:00 | Just to be clear, Pub97 installed fine with no errors? You get the windows ver error as it tries to open the data files? Can you create a new file, save and retrieve it? |
linw (53) | ||
| 760766 | 2009-03-30 23:58:00 | I had a similar problem with an old Spare Parts program. It would not read the data base. Adjusting the 'compatibility' did not help as the program was running Ok. I installed ME in a VMware virtual machine and it works fine. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 760767 | 2009-03-31 07:28:00 | Hi , for several years I had a computer running my A3 printer that had Windows ME and Publisher 97 on it , and I built up a lot of files . Six months ago I updated to a way faster new computer with Xp , and I loaded Publisher 97 on ( yes I still had the Cd after all these years ! ) and transfered over all my Publisher files , but now a lot won't open , saying 'Publisher can't open files created on unknown version of Windows ' . Anyone know what to do ? I thought both Publisher and Windows were supposed to be backwards compliant ? I don't want to upgrade to the latest Publisher ( 07 ? ) -- apparently because my version of Publisher is that old , I have to pay full retail for new version ( not avail at upgrade pricing ! ) and even then no-one seems able to tell me if this would ensure I can open these old files . Any advice greatly appreciated thanks |
pottsy99 (14776) | ||
| 760768 | 2009-03-31 07:30:00 | You posted the same ? here (pressf1.co.nz) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 760769 | 2009-03-31 07:48:00 | Reply to linw -- yep Publisher installed fine , as did my printer driver . I can create a whole new document and it will print perfectly , but almost all the old ones ( off the ME computer ) which I had transfered over won't open ( although frustratingly about 5% do ! ) . There are over 1000 A3 documents from the old computer , a lot have scanned images or pictures loaded direct off cameras , and would be almost impossible to recreate , and even the ones that don't would be a pain to try and recreate |
pottsy99 (14776) | ||
| 760770 | 2009-03-31 09:33:00 | As I said, use a Virtual Machine, either VMWare or Microsoft. | mzee (3324) | ||
| 760771 | 2009-03-31 21:21:00 | Or VirtualBox. Best;) | Blam (54) | ||
| 760772 | 2009-03-31 21:24:00 | Sorry to be ignorant -- what is VMWare or VirtualBox ? | pottsy99 (14776) | ||
| 760773 | 2009-03-31 21:30:00 | Pottsy99 You could send me a Publisher file which will not open on your system via Email and I could try it with Publisher 2007. toyrav4 at gmail dot com |
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