Can't open Pub 97 files

[Jo]

Last winter, I produced 3 calendars with many scanned
photos (460 MB each file) on Publisher 97. When I try to
open those files now, I get this window message from
Publisher: "Publisher cannot open this file. This is not
a Publisher file." But they ARE Publisher files. I did
not save ALL of those photos elsewhere and I need access
to the calendar files in order to use the photos in other
projects. PLEASE HELP!!!

 

[Mary Sauer]

Have you tried reinstalling Publisher? Does the extension on the files say .pub? I
will try to open the files for you if you want to send them my way. Remove "my" to
reply.

 

[Jo]

Yes, I have reinstalled Publisher with CD. Yes, extension
on files say .pub. I would like to learn the solution,
rather than send to you. I have NAV. Does NAV cause
Publisher problems? I have Windows ME. Can you write the
solution? Jo

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Have you tried reinstalling Publisher? Does the

extension on the files say .pub? I

 

[Mary Sauer]

You can tell if Norton is the problem by turning Norton off and then opening
Publisher. Your files may be corrupt, generally it isn't a good idea scanning
directly into a publication. You could try disabling your printer before opening
Publisher. If you have changed printers since creating the documents you could run
into trouble too.

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Jo, how did you store these files?

Have you checked to make sure your c:\Windows\temp folder is empty of all
files and sub-folders. If not, delete ALL the files and sub-folders.

Then do a re-boot and a Defrag.

Then post back if they still wont open.

Whatever you do make sure you totally disable the garbage faulty trash junk
rip-off troublesome Norton.

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[Jo]

I stored (saved) some of my photo calendar files on my d
hard drive and I moved some to an external hard drive.
Publisher 97 is also on d. NAV is on c hard drive. If I
delete all files and sub-folders from c:\Windows\temp
folder, will I have NO virus protection? Even if NAV is
causing the problem, that doesn't sound like a stable
solution UNTIL I buy a different virus protection
program. What virus protection program do you recommend?
I didn't like McAfee. Jo

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

No, you will not end up with no protection if you delete all those files and
sub-folders. They are garbage.

This is a good freeware AV program www.grisoft.com Many here use it without
any issues.

I would suggest you move these large Publisher files back from the
removeable hard drive to the main drive before trying to open them.

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