Microsoft KB Archive/219725

= FP2000: FrontPage File Open Dialog Box Lists Wrong File Types =

Article ID: 219725

Article Last Modified on 9/20/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q219725



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Open File dialog box, FrontPage lists file types it is not able to convert. These file types include older versions of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Word for the Macintosh, WordPerfect, and so on.

When you try to open one of these file types, a message similar to the following may appear:

There is no Editor configured for MCW files.

Do you want to save file:///C:/WINNT/Profiles/Username/Desktop/Filename.mcw to a file?

NOTE: The file path varies, based on location of the file and the operating system.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
FrontPage includes the proper file types in all other dialog boxes. The file types that FrontPage includes are listed.

FrontPage File Types:
All files

Web pages (HTM,HTML,SHTML,SHTM)

Active Server Pages (ASP)

Cascading style sheets (CSS)

Hypertext template (HTT)

Rich Text Format (RTF)

Text (TXT)

Additional query words: front page

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB219725

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