Old WP files will not open

I have a slew of old WP files (probably done in WP 8. They are dated 
between 1992-94. Perhaps that might help in knowing which version of WP 
they were written in, since I usually upgrade when a new version comes out.

These files have no wpd extension and most of them will not open with WP 
11. On one attempt I got this message:  "'Syntax Error' was detected 
during the compilation of your PerfectScript macro.

An invalid command starting token has been encountered"


The odd thing is that many of these files (I did not try them all) DO 
open in Word 2007.

Any idea what's going on here?

Thanks

See if running the utility, WPLook.exe, on a copy of one of your files makes 
a difference. I don't know why they would be corrupt, though, since WP has 
continued the file format with more recent versions. Also, when you 
installed the most recent version of WP, did you install conversion filters 
for earlier WP versions? Just a thought. Robert

"rmk" <rmk@wonderland.net> wrote in message
news:475f634f$1_3@cnews...
>
> rmk wrote:
>>
>> I have a slew of old WP files (probably done in WP 8. They are dated 
>> between 1992-94. Perhaps that might help in knowing which version of WP

>> they were written in, since I usually upgrade when a new version comes

>> out.
>>
>> These files have no wpd extension and most of them will not open with
WP 
>> 11. On one attempt I got this message:  "'Syntax Error' was
detected 
>> during the compilation of your PerfectScript macro.
>>
>> An invalid command starting token has been encountered"
>>
>>
>> The odd thing is that many of these files (I did not try them all) DO 
>> open in Word 2007.
>>
>> Any idea what's going on here?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> Googling WP versions, I would estimate that the dates on my files indicate

> that I may have used WP versions 5.1 or 6.0 for those files with no wpd 
> extensions.
> 

rmk wrote:
> 
> I have a slew of old WP files (probably done in WP 8. They are dated 
> between 1992-94. Perhaps that might help in knowing which version of WP 
> they were written in, since I usually upgrade when a new version comes
out.
> 
> These files have no wpd extension and most of them will not open with WP 
> 11. On one attempt I got this message:  "'Syntax Error' was detected 
> during the compilation of your PerfectScript macro.
> 
> An invalid command starting token has been encountered"
> 
> 
> The odd thing is that many of these files (I did not try them all) DO 
> open in Word 2007.
> 
> Any idea what's going on here?
> 
> Thanks
> 

Googling WP versions, I would estimate that the dates on my files 
indicate that I may have used WP versions 5.1 or 6.0 for those files 
with no wpd extensions.

rmk,

How do you try to open the files? As far as I can tell, the safest 
method should be from within WP (File, Open).

Another thing: If I remember correctly, WP11 does not install the WP5.1 
converters by default. You could try adding them (all all the other 
conversion filters, as they don't need much space on your hard disk and 
you never know if or when you might need them.

The fact that the files open in Word also suggests that not all the 
converters have been installed in WP because Word installs a WP5.1 
converter by default, though converters for later WP versions have to be 
installed separately.

Wolfgang


On 12.12.2007 05:28,  rmk wrote:

> 
> rmk wrote:
>>
>> I have a slew of old WP files (probably done in WP 8. They are dated 
>> between 1992-94. Perhaps that might help in knowing which version of 
>> WP they were written in, since I usually upgrade when a new version 
>> comes out.
>>
>> These files have no wpd extension and most of them will not open with 
>> WP 11. On one attempt I got this message:  "'Syntax Error' was 
>> detected during the compilation of your PerfectScript macro.
>>
>> An invalid command starting token has been encountered"
>>
>>
>> The odd thing is that many of these files (I did not try them all) DO 
>> open in Word 2007.
>>
>> Any idea what's going on here?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
> 
> Googling WP versions, I would estimate that the dates on my files 
> indicate that I may have used WP versions 5.1 or 6.0 for those files 
> with no wpd extensions.
> 

Wolfgang Deiminger wrote:
> 
> rmk,
> 
> How do you try to open the files? As far as I can tell, the safest 
> method should be from within WP (File, Open).
> 
> Another thing: If I remember correctly, WP11 does not install the WP5.1 
> converters by default. You could try adding them (all all the other 
> conversion filters, as they don't need much space on your hard disk and 
> you never know if or when you might need them.
> 
> The fact that the files open in Word also suggests that not all the 
> converters have been installed in WP because Word installs a WP5.1 
> converter by default, though converters for later WP versions have to be 
> installed separately.
> 
> Wolfgang
> 
> 
> On 12.12.2007 05:28,  rmk wrote:
> 
>>
>> rmk wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a slew of old WP files (probably done in WP 8. They are
dated 
>>> between 1992-94. Perhaps that might help in knowing which version
of 
>>> WP they were written in, since I usually upgrade when a new version

>>> comes out.
>>>
>>> These files have no wpd extension and most of them will not open
with 
>>> WP 11. On one attempt I got this message:  "'Syntax Error' was

>>> detected during the compilation of your PerfectScript macro.
>>>
>>> An invalid command starting token has been encountered"
>>>
>>>
>>> The odd thing is that many of these files (I did not try them all)
DO 
>>> open in Word 2007.
>>>
>>> Any idea what's going on here?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>> Googling WP versions, I would estimate that the dates on my files 
>> indicate that I may have used WP versions 5.1 or 6.0 for those files 
>> with no wpd extensions.
>>
> 

Thanks for the quick replies.
Are the conversion filters on the WP 11 disk? How would I access them?