Microsoft KB Archive/176017

= WD: How to Do an Administrative Installation of Word 97-2000 Import Converter (Wrd97cnv.exe) =

Article ID: 176017

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

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This article was previously published under Q176017



SUMMARY
This article describes how to perform an administrative installation of the Microsoft Word 97-2000 Import Converter for Word 6.x and 7.x by using the file Wrd97cnv.exe that is available for download from the Microsoft Download Library.

What Is the Converter?
In order to open a Word 97 or 2000 document in an earlier version of Word (6.x or 7.x), you must use the Word 97-2000 Import Converter. This converter works with the earlier versions of Word, allowing them to read the newer Word 97 or Word 2000 file format.

For more information about obtaining the Word 97-2000 Import Converter, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

162214 WD: How to Obtain the Word 97-2000 Import Converter

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services



MORE INFORMATION
There are two methods you can use to place the converter into a central location so that it can be easily installed on multiple computers.

Method 1: Expanding Files to the Network Server
The following procedure allows you to expand the converter files to a network location. Then, from each workstation, you can run Setup from the server location and choose either to install the converter files locally or to run them from the server location. To do this, follow these steps:  Copy the Wrd97cnv.exe file to the network location on which you want to install the converter files. On the Start menu, click Run, and type

:\wrd97cnv.exe /A

where  and  point to the directory containing Wrd97cnv.exe.

The following files are extracted into the source directory:

Admin.flg

Cnvhlp32.exe

Emfimp.flt

Emfimp32.flt

Iffjpeg.dll

Jpegim32.flt

Jpegimp.flt

License.txt

Msconv97.dll

Msword8.cnv

Mswrd832.cnv

Pictim32.flt

Pictimp.flt

Png32.flt

Pngimp.flt

Setup.exe

Wrd97cnv.doc

Wrd97cnv.inf

 Set the share permissions to Change (RWXD), and then set the individual file permissions to Read-Only (RX), if you want.

NOTE: Do not set the share permissions to Read-Only, or you will be unable to run Setup. From each workstation, run Setup.exe from the network server location.

The converter files are then copied to the local machine, or they remain on the network server, depending on the installation option you choose.</ol>

Method 2: Running Wrd97cnv.exe from the Server
NOTE: This installation method does not allow you to run the converters from the network location (if you want to do this, use Method 1).

In the following procedure, you place the self-extracting executable, Wrd97cnv.exe, in a common location. Then, from each workstation, you can run the executable file from the network server. This procedure downloads the converter files to the workstation and installs them. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Copy the Wrd97cnv.exe file to the network location.
 * 2) Set the share permissions to Change (RWXD), and then set the individual file permissions to Read-Only (RX), if you want.

NOTE: Do not set the share permissions to Read-Only (RX), or you will be unable to run the Setup program.
 * 1) From each workstation, run Wrd97cnv.exe from the network server location.

The converter files are copied and installed to the local machine.

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