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WD97: IPF Error Opening File with Recover Text Converter

Article ID: 167721

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to open a document, you receive the following error:

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

If you click Details, you will receive the following error message:

WINWORD caused an invalid page fault in module OLE32.DLL at <address>

When you re-start Word, you receive the following message:

Word encountered file corruption while opening <filename>. Part of this document may be recoverable. Attempt recovery now?

If you answer Yes to attempt to recover the text of the document, you receive the error again.

The "Recover Text from Any File" converter has encountered corruption in the file and it is unable to interpret this corrupt information.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

156577 Word 97: Unable to Recover Lost Document

87856 Troubleshooting Damaged Documents in Word for Windows

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