"registry policy settings"?

[martmar]

How do I edit "registry policy settings" to open old files? I am using 2003
and I'm trying to open files from 1995. I get an error message saying my
"registry policy settings" do not allow the opening old version files.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

SP3 for Office 2003 blocks certain older file types from opening.
To unblock them, see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922849
"You receive an error message when you try to open or to save a
file type that was blocked by your registry policy settings in
Word 2007 or in Word 2003".

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See "Information about certain file types that are blocked after you install
Office 2003 Service Pack 3" at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938810/.
Method 1 is the one you want.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org