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oldfool   10-03-2009 at 11:09:54 PM

A friend sends us word documents that arrive with a "_doc" extension, and Word 2007 Home edition won't open it unless we manually change the extension to ".doc."
Windows Vista seemingly won't allow me to name Word as the program to open "_doc" files.
Thanks for any suggestions.

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randomizer   10-05-2009 at 07:34:52 AM

Because _doc is not a file extension. File extensions always follow the last "." in a filename. If you meant "._doc" that's a different story.


Message edited by randomizer on 10-05-2009 at 07:35:25 AM
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oldfool   10-12-2009 at 01:13:16 AM

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You're right, I meant "._doc."

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randomizer   10-12-2009 at 02:14:26 AM

That's rather odd. The only ._ files I've seen are usually hidden files on a flash drive that seem to be backups in case the program crashes. This allows it to open the file to the state it was when last auto-saved. This is just a theory though, not fact. I am not certain how Word restores a document after the program crashes.

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