I downloaded office 2003, now it tries to open karens registry ripper giving me errors, 
after clicking cancel serveral times ripper opens, this also happens with e-sword, 
neither program shows up in file types, also uninstalled ripper and reinstalled, 
no help

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re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 7:28 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Maybe you should have bought a legit copy instead of downloading a pirated version. On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 6:48 am, Woody wrote: >I downloaded office 2003, now it tries to open karens registry ripper giving me errors, >after clicking cancel serveral times ripper opens, this also happens with e-sword, >neither program shows up in file types, also uninstalled ripper and reinstalled, >no help [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 7:28 am Posted by TOASTER (431 messages posted) And this would be a genuine office 2003 download, or a ripped off version! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 7:52 am Posted by Woody (77 messages posted) yes, a legal copy belonging to me, i do not appreciate your comment since it is not true, all was well for two days, no problems, i uninstalled office 97, some other stuff and the files changed somehow, i have been to this forum many times and gotten help, you do sometimes jump to unfounded conclusions and have a bad attitude, if you can help then help, in not i will uninstall it and try again On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 7:28 am, Paxo wrote: >And this would be a genuine office 2003 download, or a ripped off version! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 8:23 am Posted by Pete4vrqris (122 messages posted) Hi Woody, It's quite possible that by un-installing Office 97 somehow the Office 2003 files got corrupted. If at all possible,try a System Restore.If there is stuff you want to safeguard from being removed, move it to any of the folders under Documents and Settings/User/ eg My Documents. Things there are not restored to an earlier time. Then take it step by step.First remove Office 97. Check if things are still working fine. Then uninstall the other ones that you did before. Then install Office 2003. If you want,set restore points before every un-install and install. If you have made back-ups of your drive or just some files,restore them if necessary. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 8:38 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) You can not download a legal copy of MS Office. So when you say that you did that, it is only natural to assume that it is a pirated copy. On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 7:52 am, Woody wrote: >yes, a legal copy belonging to me, i do not appreciate your comment since it is not >true, all was well for two days, no problems, i uninstalled office 97, some other >stuff and the files changed somehow, i have been to this forum many times and gotten >help, you do sometimes jump to unfounded conclusions and have a bad attitude, if >you can help then help, in not i will uninstall it and try again > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 9:06 am Posted by Woody (77 messages posted) wrong terminology, downloaded it off of legal cd, installed it if you prefer, all was fine, 2 days later uninstalled office 97, sometime later karen and e-sword would not open correctly, i can probably system restore, prefer not to if fix is simple, had this issue years ago, found fix in folder options, does not work this time On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 6:48 am, Woody wrote: >I downloaded office 2003, now it tries to open karens registry ripper giving me errors, >after clicking cancel serveral times ripper opens, this also happens with e-sword, >neither program shows up in file types, also uninstalled ripper and reinstalled, >no help [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 9:59 am Posted by Pete4vrqris (122 messages posted) Hi, It is obvious you've got some file association corruption. What has helped me in the past is the following: 1.Run System File check Run > sfc /scannow Doesn't always work but it would find some cross linked connections. 2.Check what file extensions the other programs use and re-associate them with the respective programs. Also check which file extensions Office 2003 is associated with. 3.Do a Registry search.Don't bother with XP's Registry Editor for that,it's totally useless. Just use it for editng only after you find the guilty entries using eg RegSeeker or similar http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm Type the name of the program in the "Finder" section.You'll get all the entries pertaining to the program(s). Look for the wrong values. 4.Do the same for Office 2003. A good registry cleaner would find those values too. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 10:07 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) One does not download from another local disk. One downloads from a remote computer. Terminology is important for everyone to be on the same page. On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 9:06 am, Woody wrote: > >wrong terminology, downloaded it off of legal cd, installed it if you prefer, all >was fine, 2 days later uninstalled office 97, sometime later karen and e-sword would >not open correctly, i can probably system restore, prefer not to if fix is simple, >had this issue years ago, found fix in folder options, does not work this time > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 10:13 am Posted by Woody (77 messages posted) ok, i can see i will get no help On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 10:07 am, Ricer46 wrote: >One does not download from another local disk. One downloads from a remote computer. >Terminology is important for everyone to be on the same page. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 10:37 am Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Help yourself by providing the right information to begin with. On Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 10:13 am, Woody wrote: > >ok, i can see i will get no help > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 10:46 am Posted by Ms. Eagle (33640 messages posted) Just to clarify a bit more. Woody, there's a big difference in downloading and installing, so it is important to use the right term. Many users download Office, even Windows, and other products illegally from Warez sites. You download the installer but you install the program, so it's not a matter of preference. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: wrong file ext Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 11:57 am Posted by Pete4vrqris (122 messages posted) Hi Woody, I'm sorry you did not try my advice in post http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1164206916#1164218344 There is not a single instance of corrupt file association that I could not fix using this method. I even go so far as to manually edit the entries under HKC Root in the Registry. Anyway it's up to you :) Good luck. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum