Microsoft KB Archive/139938

= WD: "Word Cannot Open the Document" with No Extension =

Article ID: 139938

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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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 ( \ )

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

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