unable to open ms office 97 in office 2007

[lakshmi]

I am unable to open MS Office 97 docs because of my security settings in the
registry file. i get the message "it says you are attempting to open a file
which is blocked by your registry policy setting" pls help

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

See Method 2 in http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922849 "You receive
an error message when you try to open a file type that was blocked by
your registry policy settings in Word 2007 or in Word 2003".